Around 100 members of Afghanistan Olympic community rescued: IOC
The HinduInternational Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said on Wednesday that the organisation had helped around 100 members of the "Olympic community" in Afghanistan to leave the country on humanitarian visas. "Furthermore, a significant number of other members of the Olympic Community in Afghanistan received the humanitarian visas and they could leave the country," he said. Bach said the IOC would continue to try to help people in sport to receive humanitarian visas to leave the country, and said there was a special focus on "the women and the girls who may be the most at risk, but without of course neglecting anybody else who may be at risk due to the political situation". "The operation was based around cooperation with Olympic partners, in any way possible, working with NOCs, international federations, NGOs, IOC members," he said.
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