Kabul : Russia will organise new special flights to deliver humanitarian aid to Afghanistan soon, Russian Ambassador to Kabul Dmitry Zhirnov said on Thursday.
“In accordance with the instructions of the Russian president, the Ministry of Defence has begun to deliver humanitarian aid. Its total volume is over 100 tons,” Zhirnov told reporters.
The ambassador mentioned that several hundred Russian citizens remain in Afghanistan, and those wishing to return to the homeland will be evacuated on Thursday via military transport aircraft.
Nearly 900 Afghan citizens of Russian universitites will be transported to Russia in the near future as well, Zhirnov said.
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