Afghan evacuees arrive at military base in Spain

Описание: (31 Aug 2021) A military plane carrying 200 Afghans landed on Tuesday at a base in southern Spain hours after the US wrapped its 20-year-long military presence in Afghanistan.
The latest flight to Rota was the sixth to the Spanish navy base since evacuations began.
Rota is one of the transit bases in allied countries, where US authorities are offering basic help and screening the Afghan refugees before they are cleared to arrive on US soil.
US officials said that the evacuees had flown from Kabul to an undisclosed location in the Middle East before they continued their trip to Spain.
Rota, and the nearby air force base of Morón, host a significant US detachment since the mid-1950's.
Spain, which owns both bases, has allowed the US to house up to 4,000 Afghan evacuees there for a maximum of 14 days.
Benjamin Reynolds, Director of Maritime Headquarters at Rota, said that the first flight taking 350 Afghans to Dulles, in the US state of Virginia, would depart later on Tuesday.
From there, the evacuees will be relocated to different cities in the country.
Some 1,700 Afghans are currently being hosted in Rota.

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