Εvacuating Afghanistan to shelter in Australia

Afghanistan Kabul airport

Afghanistan Kabul airport Source: AAP Image/AP Photo/Shekib Rahmani

Australia has so far evacuated 162 people from Afghanistan. The first flight of evacuees from Afghanistan moved to a quarantine hotel in Perth.


More than 160 Australians and Afghan visa holders have now been evacuated from Kabul after a third rescue flight departed chaos at the airport.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said 60 citizens and Afghans who helped Australia during the war were transported to the United Arab Emirates overnight.

The first Australian flight from Dubai carrying 94 evacuees touched down in Perth in the early hours of Friday.

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