Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan stated that the two Canadian military aircraft will resume “regular” flights to Kabul as part of an international effort to evacuate civilians and citizens fleeing the area. Taliban take over.
Global News confirmed that this development took place after Canada and the United States reached an agreement to allow Canadian aircraft to start in and out of Kabul. But there are no details about when the flight will start to arrive in Kabul or return home.
As the U.S. regains control of Kabul Airport, Canada resumes evacuation flights to Afghanistan
“The Canadian Armed Forces flights to and from Hamid Karzai International Airport will resume soon under Op AEGIS,” Sajjan, who is running for reelection as a member of the Liberal Party in Vancouver South, tweeted on Wednesday night.
Operation Aegis is the military’s contribution to evacuation.
He said that two CC-177 Globemasters have been allocated and will fly to Kabul “regularly”.
The department’s spokesperson Jessica Lamirande said, “As long as the local security situation permits, the flight will continue, and will focus on the evacuation of Canadian citizens, permanent residents and Afghan citizens who have a lasting relationship with the Canadian mission in Afghanistan. Nationals.” “
She said in an email: “We are committed to this important mission and can assure Canadians that we are doing everything we can to help.”
The Globemaster aircraft is referred to by the military as “the main transport aircraft used for military, humanitarian and peacekeeping missions.” The maximum weight it can carry is 265,350 kg.
This is equivalent to 102 paratroopers or three H-146 Griffon helicopters with fuel tanks, According to the Royal Canadian Air Force website.
Thousands of people were eager to flee the country on Monday, crowded at the Kabul airport, and U.S. troops were forced to suspend their evacuation from the country.
Images of the incident showed that several people were holding on to the jet plane preparing to take off from Kabul International Airport-some of them were so eager to escape from the Taliban that they jumped off the building while trying to catch a U.S. military plane during takeoff Died.
In a CAF statement issued to Reuters on Tuesday evening, Canada will resume evacuation flights to Afghanistan after the United States regains control of the Kabul airport.
On Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made it clear that after a week-long blitzkrieg with the Taliban to retake Afghanistan’s provinces and eventually its capital, Canada “has no plan” to recognize the Taliban as the country’s official government.
“(The Taliban) have taken over and replaced the formally elected democratic government by force…According to Canadian law, they are a recognized terrorist organization,” Trudeau said, adding at the time that he did not rule out the use of military resources to evacuate Afghanistan Human possibility. From the country.
— Documents from David Lao
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