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The flight, which had been carried out by a third group of Afghans, took off from Uzbekistan, before landing in Kaunas, landing in Tbilisi and Warsaw, where it released some passengers. In Kaunas, the plane landed at 3 pm 30 minutes.
During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the first plane landed in Vilnius, carrying 14 Afghan interpreters with their families, a total of 50 people.
Another fifty flew by Wednesday afternoon.
The repatriated Afghans are being housed in the Raseiniai district and are expected to be granted refugee status in more than a month.
The last group and the dozens of Lithuanian soldiers currently in Afghanistan are expected to be transported on Thursday. In total, around 170 people would have been relocated to Lithuania by then.
On Wednesday night, Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Arvydas Anušauskas said that after the evacuation operation, Afghans will only be able to evacuate through other countries.
The main partner in the transport of Afghans to Lithuania is Poland, A. Anušauskas said on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the government ordered the Ministry of National Defense to deal with the repatriated Afghans, their accommodation and supplies.
600 thousand. euros.
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.
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