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Afghanistan
'A few dozen' French still in Afghanistan
2021-09-01
[AlAhram] La Belle France withdrew its troops from Afghanistan at the end of 2014

La Belle France says ``a few dozen'' Frenchies remain in Afghanistan, including some who wanted to be evacuated but could not as the last flight left Kabul.

Defense Ministry front man Herve Grandjean said in a news conference Tuesday that ``all efforts are being done'' to allow those left behind to get ``a safe and orderly evacuation.''

He said ``that is the goal of the talks under way within the United Nations
...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense...
framework with the Taliban
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power.''

In addition, La Belle France was not able to evacuate a ``few dozen'' former Afghan employees of the French army who asked for the protection of the country, he said.

La Belle France will do ``the maximum'' in the coming days and weeks to help them getting out of Afghanistan, Grandjean said.

La Belle France's evacuation flights from Aug. 17 to Aug. 27 have evacuated about 2,600 Afghans at risk, including 110 former employees of the French army and their families.
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