A slew of foreign embassies close and continue to remove their diplomats from Afghanistan as the Taliban advances on Kabul.
fighters edged ever closer to Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Saturday, a slew of foreign embassies continued to remove their diplomats from the country.
"We have decided to temporarily close our embassy in Kabul," Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod told a news conference Friday. He added that the evacuation would be closely coordinated with Norway, which shared their compound and had also decided to remove its staff.was also in the process of removing its nationals from the country, State Secretary Livia Leu told a news conference Friday in the capital Bern.
She added that almost 40 local staff at the country's Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Kabul, and their families, would also be given the opportunity to request a humanitarian visa in Switzerland.
Germany's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Heiko Maas, told reporters Friday that they will reduce the workforce of the German Embassy in Kabul, adding that the country would send a crisis support team to Afghanistan.Finland's embassy would also remain open for now, the country's Foreign Minister Pekka Havisto said Friday. He added that Finland would organize a charter flight to evacuate 130 Afghans, including staff who had worked for his country, the European Union and NATO.
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