The Egyptian government has evacuated more than 40 of the country’s citizens from Afghanistan, state media reported Tuesday.
The official MENA news agency said a military plane carrying Egyptian citizens from Afghanistan landed in Cairo late Monday.
The 43 evacuees include the staff from the Egyptian Embassy in Kabul and clerics from Al-Azhar.
A local TV station showed footage for the returnees carrying Egyptian flags as they landed in an airport in Cairo. They were received by military and health officials.
Countries have been working to get people out of Afghanistan as crowds are desperate to flee following the Taliban’s takeover of the Afghan capital on Aug. 15.
