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“After noon, the second group of fifty Afghan translators and their relatives gathered by our Kabul Eleven team should land in Vilnius,” Arvydas Anušauskas reported on his Facebook account.
“Due to the return of the third group and our” Kabul Eleven “, the times are still coordinating. As I said, the situation is changing dynamically, so often one agreement is replaced by another. We have the political support of several countries and we continue to coordinate return routes ”, he said.
Lithuania sees to it that translators and others helping Lithuanian soldiers are deported from Afghanistan.
During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, 14 Afghan translators with families have already flown to Vilnius, a total of 50 people.
A.Anušauskas told LRT radio on Wednesday that Afghans will be housed in the Raseiniai district municipality temporarily until asylum procedures are completed.
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).
A total of 115 translators had employment contracts with the Lithuanian army in Afghanistan.
Last week, six citizens of this country were transferred to Lithuania from Afghanistan: an Afghan who worked as a driver at the European Union Representation in Kabul and his relatives.
Earlier, it was announced that some 100 translators who had assisted Lithuanian soldiers and their families were waiting to be deported to Lithuania, fearing that the Taliban might try to deal with them.
Control of Afghanistan in mid-August, with the departure of the last American 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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