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500 Afghan refugees to be airlifted to Italy, says defense minister
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ROME, 30 November 2021, (TON): Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini said in Parliament “a new Italian Air Force airlift is bringing 500 more Afghan refugees to Rome.”
The refugees are Afghan citizens and family members who worked with the Italian armed forces while they were deployed in Afghanistan, mostly in Herat province. They have all so far been displaced in countries close to Afghanistan.
Guerini named the operation “Aquila Omnia-Bis.” At the end of it, nearly 5,000 Afghans will be taken to Italy.
He told parliamentarians “last summer's evacuation of Afghan citizens from Kabul was a very complex operation, but the incessant and silent work of the Italian armed forces has continued in the last few months too. Thanks to the collaboration between the defense, foreign affairs and interior ministries and the National Information Services we can say we are satisfied.”
Over 1,500 Italian military have been working on this airlift since it began in the second half of August.
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