Post by account_disabled on Mar 7, 2024 3:15:50 GMT -5
The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, stated this Tuesday that the situation in Afghanistan "is getting worse with each passing day" because "the Taliban are becoming more and more aggressive" and there will be people who will not be able to be evacuated, especially those who cannot They are already close to the airport, but Spain will be there "until the end." Robles has thus referred, in statements on the Ser channel, to the situation in Afghanistan, about which he has highlighted the "dramatic situations" experienced at the Kabul airport , where Spain will remain as long as possible evacuating refugees, although this It will depend on what the G7 (the richest countries) decides this Tuesday, which will meet to assess a possible delay in the date of withdrawal, scheduled for August 31. The minister detailed that two Spanish military planes have evacuated people from Kabul to Dubai in the last few hours, and another 130 refugees are expected to be transferred shortly on a third plane thanks to a special permit granted to Spain, which usually only You can charter two planes a day. Thus, there will be approximately 420 people who will arrive in Spain in the next few hours , after the 260 who arrived at the Torrejón air base this Monday.
Every day that passes is worse, because they know that the deadline is up and people are accumulating at the Kabul airport; there are human avalanches and the tabalans are also becoming more and more aggressive; there Australia Phone Number are shots and a very very evident situation of violence ", with more controls, said Robles. He assured that the authorities and the Spanish security forces "are going to try to get everyone out, but there will be people who will stay... it does not depend on us, but on the situation there", since, he said, , there are interpreters who live in areas like Herat, from which it takes three days by car to get to Kabul, and when they arrive at the airport they find a "very complicated" and "frustrating" situation. In this sense, he has detailed that a gate is assigned to the Spanish contingent, but this gate sometimes changes and people who were accumulating in one area of the airport have to move to another. For this reason, people who have collaborated with Spain are asked to wear a red and yellow scarf or handkerchief and shout "Spain" to the military, so that they can identify them in the crowd.
But we are going to try until the end, we are not going to stop at any time," said the minister, who acknowledged that the lists of Spain's collaborators initially drawn up have been modified to add people who have demonstrated their relationship with our country and their situation of special vulnerability, prioritizing women and girls. These women have been activists, journalists or have had a relevant role in Afghan public life, the minister specified. Robles has said that the exact date on which the Spanish contingent withdraws will depend on when the United States leaves control of the Kabul airport, and has assured that today it is "impossible" for our military to leave the airport premises to rescue to Afghans who are on the lists.
Every day that passes is worse, because they know that the deadline is up and people are accumulating at the Kabul airport; there are human avalanches and the tabalans are also becoming more and more aggressive; there Australia Phone Number are shots and a very very evident situation of violence ", with more controls, said Robles. He assured that the authorities and the Spanish security forces "are going to try to get everyone out, but there will be people who will stay... it does not depend on us, but on the situation there", since, he said, , there are interpreters who live in areas like Herat, from which it takes three days by car to get to Kabul, and when they arrive at the airport they find a "very complicated" and "frustrating" situation. In this sense, he has detailed that a gate is assigned to the Spanish contingent, but this gate sometimes changes and people who were accumulating in one area of the airport have to move to another. For this reason, people who have collaborated with Spain are asked to wear a red and yellow scarf or handkerchief and shout "Spain" to the military, so that they can identify them in the crowd.
But we are going to try until the end, we are not going to stop at any time," said the minister, who acknowledged that the lists of Spain's collaborators initially drawn up have been modified to add people who have demonstrated their relationship with our country and their situation of special vulnerability, prioritizing women and girls. These women have been activists, journalists or have had a relevant role in Afghan public life, the minister specified. Robles has said that the exact date on which the Spanish contingent withdraws will depend on when the United States leaves control of the Kabul airport, and has assured that today it is "impossible" for our military to leave the airport premises to rescue to Afghans who are on the lists.