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It is announced that the same number of Afghans should fly back to Vilnius at noon. Ten Lithuanian soldiers and a representative from the Foreign Ministry, who helped evacuate the families of the interpreters, are scheduled to leave Afghanistan on Thursday.
One hundred and a half Afghans have already flown to Lithuania. They are temporarily housed in the Raseiniai district municipality.
Lithuania has been carrying out the mission in Afghanistan for almost 20 years: from 2002 to 2021, it served some 5,000 troops, participated in the US-led Operation Peaceful Peace, and carried out two major NATO operations: the Force International Security Assistance (2002-2014). ) and Strong support (2015-2021).
Control of Afghanistan in mid-August, with the departure of the last US troops, was taken over by the Taliban, who occupied the capital, Kabul. Since then, getting out of Afghanistan has become difficult.
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