German Soldiers Return From Kabul

After the end of the evacuation mission in Afghanistan, German soldiers landed at the military airport, Filegerhorst Wustorf in Hanover. But rescue action must continue.

The soldiers, who have provided the evacuation of thousands of people from Kabul, have now returned to Germany.

They landed at Wustorf Military Airport in Hanover.

On board one of three aircraft from Tashkent Airport, the capital of Uzbekistan, was Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Carrenbauer.

On returning from Afghanistan, the Bundeswehr members made a stop in Tashkent, where they were greeted by Defence Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer.

Under the direction of Brigadier General Jens Arlt in Kabul, 454 forces, including 19 soldiers, participated in the larger action for evacuation Germany.

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier thanked soldiers and soldiers for their engagement on the air bridge: “Thank you for your bold engagement on a very difficult mission of how dangerous this mission was, and recently the brutal attack on Kabul Airport”, writes Steinmeier in the Instagram. “Bashka with our allies we've brought thousands of people from Afghanistan to security. ...our country is proud of you”.

The intensive flying ward of Bundeswehr the so-called Medevac Aircraft Air Force currently stands in Tashkent.

In case it needs to support US troops, which are continuing evacuation flights despite extremely dangerous situation.

The attack at Kabul airport (26.08) on Thursday killed about 180 people among them, as well as 13 US soldiers, as well as 18 others were injured.

The Bundeswehr has evacuated 5347 people from Afghanistan, among them 500 Germans and 4,000 Afghans.

The Berlin Foreign Ministry estimates that there are already about 300 German nationals in Afghanistan.

There are also about 10,000 Afghan nationals registered for evacuation, and it is further known.

It is unclear how many of them have been able to leave the country.