Canadian military prepares to evacuate Canadians from Afghanistan: source-National

The Canadian military is preparing to withdraw Canadians from its embassy in Canada Afghanistan, Global News has learned.

“Global News” learned that some Afghans working for Canada and their families are currently in a Canadian compound, hoping to be rescued with Canadian citizens.

Sources said that the shelter included young children in Afghanistan.

The Canadian government has not yet made a decision on their fate, but multiple sources told Global News that they fear that these families will be executed by the Taliban.

Sources told Global News that the embassy is now “dismantling”, which is an evacuation process that includes handling confidential materials and evacuation of staff.

Sources said that Canadian special operations forces will be deployed and the evacuation of Canadians will begin at its embassy in Kabul.

They told Global News that the Canadian special operations forces that helped evacuate the embassy included the Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR) and Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2), the latter dedicated to elite terrorists and hostage rescue forces.

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The evacuation also occurred when several cities began to fall into the hands of the Taliban, just a few weeks before the United States was preparing to completely withdraw from the country.

Fearing reprisals from the Taliban, the government had previously promised to withdraw Afghan interpreters, although the process was troubled by obstacles such as visa issues.