FRANCE TELLS CITIZENS TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN AS TALIBAN CONTINUES TO GAIN GROUND

Tue 13 July 2021:

France’s embassy in Kabul on Tuesday called on all French nationals who are currently in Afghanistan to leave, as heavy fighting is raging across the country.

France will organize a special free-of-charge flight to Paris for its citizens in Afghanistan, which will depart from Kabul on July 17, the diplomatic mission said, noting that no additional flights will be chartered.

“The French embassy officially recommends that all French citizens take this special flight or leave the country immediately on their own,” the statement read.

The embassy said it would not be able to ensure the safe departure of citizens choosing to stay beyond July 17.

France now joins a growing list of countries, including India and China, that have either told their citizens to leave Afghanistan or taken them out of the country.

Afghanistan has been torn by the conflict between government forces and the Taliban, who have seized significant territories in rural areas and launched an offensive on large cities. Current tensions have flared up as the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country is nearing its end.

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