OTTAWA —
A flight with Canadian Armed Forces Elite Operatives and staff from the Canadian Embassy in Afghanistan landed in Ottawa tonight time, in accordance to the Division of National Defence.
The flight, which departed from Cologne, Germany, grew to develop to be the fifth identified flight to repatriate Canadian electorate and Afghans who helped the Canadian Armed Forces and Canadian Embassy to method aid in Canada since the federal government started emergency flights on Aug. 4.
One official at the Ottawa airport told CTV Recordsdata that no Afghans have been on this flight.
One other flight landed in Toronto tonight time carrying Afghans who have come to Canada beneath Particular Immigration Measures, in accordance to Global Affairs Canada.
The Canadian Embassy in Afghanistan used to be closed on Sunday, as the federal government cited “necessary challenges” to its capability to be sure that security and security at the embassy.
Today, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau acknowledged there are peaceable Canadian Armed Forces participants in Afghanistan nevertheless acknowledged that all processing of visas for Afghan’s having a leer to leave for Canada used to be being accomplished remotely.
Trudeau additionally added that as of Monday at least 807 Afghans have been evacuated and 500 have arrived in Canada, although thousands remain stranded in an increasingly more unstable and desperate disaster.
The Taliban have seized nearly all of Afghanistan in ethical over per week and breached the capital on Sunday.
With recordsdata from the Canadian Press and Rachel Aiello
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CAF elite operatives and embassy staff who escaped Afghanistan flown to Ottawa
