First Dutch evacuated on rescue flights from Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

First Dutch evacuated on rescue flights from Kabul

Dutch News  

The first Dutch people have been evacuated from Kabul on two rescue flights, according to caretaker foreign secretary Sigrid Kaag. Two flights left on Wednesday morning and Kaag told the ANP that this was the ‘first step’ to rescuing many more from Afghanistan, where their future is uncertain. On Tuesday, Kaag told NOS broadcaster that although a Dutch military plane was able to land, the short turnaround time at the airport controlled by American troops meant that they were unable to board. Meanwhile, translators, aid workers and other Dutch people in Afghanistan have told media that they are afraid to go to the airport because they fear they will be arrested at Taliban checkpoints.

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Second Dutch flight arrives in Turkey's earthquake zone as donations pour in
1 year, 11 months ago

Second Dutch flight arrives in Turkey's earthquake zone as donations pour in

Dutch News  

A second Dutch flight has arrived in southern Turkey carrying rescue workers and 15 tonnes of equipment to help with the search for survivors following Monday’s devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The first Dutch rescue team, with 65 people and eight dogs, arrived in the area on Monday night. ‘I have never had such a terrible day,’ said Ahmed, …

Afghans "arbitrarily" selected for evacuation to NL; 480 still waiting 1 year later
2 years, 4 months ago

Afghans "arbitrarily" selected for evacuation to NL; 480 still waiting 1 year later

NL Times  

One year after the Taliban conquered Afghanistan, the Cabinet is still working to evacuate 480 Afghans who worked for Dutch organizations. The government wants to evacuate the 480 people still waiting within a month and a half, Minster Wopke Hoekstra of Foreign Affairs said in a letter to parliament last month. According to Trouw, the 480 people left behind are …

Taliban arrested an Afghan waiting for evacuation to Netherlands
2 years, 9 months ago

Taliban arrested an Afghan waiting for evacuation to Netherlands

NL Times  

The Taliban arrested a man in the Afghan city of Herat who requested evacuation to the Netherlands multiple times, NU.nl reports after speaking to relatives of the man. The arrested man is 32 years old and worked as a guard on projects set up from the Netherlands by Dutch-Afghan Saleh Rozbeh from Bergen op Zoom, according to NU.nl. On Wednesday, …

Almost 300 Afghans reach Pakistan to await evacuation to NL
2 years, 10 months ago

Almost 300 Afghans reach Pakistan to await evacuation to NL

Dutch News  

A group of 294 Afghan nationals who worked as interpreters or in another capacity for Dutch organisations in Afghanistan have crossed the border into Pakistan to await transport to the Netherlands, broadcaster NOS has reported. Most were on the Dutch evacuation list but were unable to make it to the airport in Kabul in time for the evacuation flights, NOS …

Afghan families lose court battle to force evacuation from Kabul
2 years, 11 months ago

Afghan families lose court battle to force evacuation from Kabul

Dutch News  

A court has rejected a bid by four Afghan families to force the Dutch state to evacuate them immediately from Kabul following the takeover of the country by the Taliban. The fourth family is headed by the sister of an Afghan man who acquired Dutch nationality in 1999 and served six times in his native country with the Dutch army. …

Afghan families lose court battle to force evacuation from Kabul
2 years, 11 months ago

Afghan families lose court battle to force evacuation from Kabul

Dutch News  

A court has rejected a bid by four Afghan families to force the Dutch state to evacuate them immediately from Kabul following the takeover of the country by the Taliban. The fourth family is headed by the sister of an Afghan man who acquired Dutch nationality in 1999 and served six times in his native country with the Dutch army. …

Dutch have brought 573 people out of Kabul since evacuations ended: AD
3 years ago

Dutch have brought 573 people out of Kabul since evacuations ended: AD

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has managed to bring 573 people out of Afghanistan since the main evacuation ended in August, the AD reported on Monday. The figures from the foreign affairs ministry show 352 people were brought out via Qatar and 221 via Islamabad in Pakistan. The Netherlands evacuated some 2,500 people from Kabul as the city fell to the Taliban, but …

Dutch have brought 573 people out of Kabul since evacuations ended: AD
3 years ago

Dutch have brought 573 people out of Kabul since evacuations ended: AD

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has managed to bring 573 people out of Afghanistan since the main evacuation ended in August, the AD reported on Monday. The figures from the foreign affairs ministry show 352 people were brought out via Qatar and 221 via Islamabad in Pakistan. The Netherlands evacuated some 2,500 people from Kabul as the city fell to the Taliban, but …

Interpreter on Dutch evacuation list murdered in Kabul: report
3 years, 2 months ago

Interpreter on Dutch evacuation list murdered in Kabul: report

NL Times  

An Afghan interpreter who worked with the Netherlands on an international mission and was on a Dutch evacuation list was killed in Kabul on Wednesday. The man's family told NOS about the murder, and sources within the Dutch government confirmed it, according to the broadcaster. According to the 36-year-old interpreter's family, a Taliban representative knocked on the door of the …

Netherlands plans to evacuate more people from Afghanistan
3 years, 3 months ago

Netherlands plans to evacuate more people from Afghanistan

NL Times  

The caretaker Cabinet and the former coalition parties are discussing options for evacuating a larger group from Afghanistan. The criteria are still being refined, but as the plans are now, the number of people eligible for evacuation could approach 2,000. After the Taliban took over in August, a parliamentary majority called on the Cabinet to evacuate Afghans who worked in …

Aid groups say just a couple of thousand Afghans have rights to come to NL
3 years, 3 months ago

Aid groups say just a couple of thousand Afghans have rights to come to NL

Dutch News  

The number of refugees from Afghanistan still eligible for settlement in the Netherlands is no more than a couple of thousand, aid organisations have told the NRC. Several hundred police and army interpreters, aid workers and journalists plus their families are on the list, as are some 200 family members of people already going through the asylum process, the paper …

Aid groups say just a couple of thousand Afghans have rights to come to NL
3 years, 3 months ago

Aid groups say just a couple of thousand Afghans have rights to come to NL

Dutch News  

The number of refugees from Afghanistan still eligible for settlement in the Netherlands is no more than a couple of thousand, aid organisations have told the NRC. Several hundred police and army interpreters, aid workers and journalists plus their families are on the list, as are some 200 family members of people already going through the asylum process, the paper …

Asylum minister under fire again over Afghan refugee comments
3 years, 3 months ago

Asylum minister under fire again over Afghan refugee comments

Dutch News  

Junior justice minister Ankie Broekers-Knol has said she is sorry about remarks made in an interview with the AD newspaper at the weekend, in which she said 100,000 Afghan nationals could be heading for the Netherlands. ‘The message was that if the requests for help via email lead to 100,000 new asylum seekers, that our system would not be able …

Asylum minister under fire again over Afghan refugee comments
3 years, 3 months ago

Asylum minister under fire again over Afghan refugee comments

Dutch News  

Junior justice minister Ankie Broekers-Knol has said she is sorry about remarks made in an interview with the AD newspaper at the weekend, in which she said 100,000 Afghan nationals could be heading for the Netherlands. ‘The message was that if the requests for help via email lead to 100,000 new asylum seekers, that our system would not be able …

Thirteen Dutch evacuated from Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Thirteen Dutch evacuated from Afghanistan

NL Times  

A plane with thirteen Dutch nationals on board took off from Kabul in Afghanistan on Thursday and arrived in the Qatari capital of Doha early in the evening. The thirteen are some of the Dutch people who could and wanted to be evacuated, the rest couldn't make it in time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported. 25 Dutch people in …

Dutch ministries had been warned months in advance about situation in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch ministries had been warned months in advance about situation in Afghanistan

NL Times  

The Dutch ministries had time to better coordinate the evacuation out of Afghanistan, Trouw reported. Unions, veterans and other sources had alerted the Dutch government months in advance about what would occur in August in Afghanistan. “We must focus intensively on picking up people in Afghanistan”, former leader of the military union AFMP Anne-Marie Snels told the Ministry of Defense …

Dutch stuck in Afghanistan includes fmr. asylum seekers; “Incomprehensible”, says Defense Min.
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch stuck in Afghanistan includes fmr. asylum seekers; “Incomprehensible”, says Defense Min.

NL Times  

Among the people the Netherlands evacuated and still need to evacuate from Afghanistan, were over 1,250 Dutch citizens with Afghan roots. Up until evacuation flights were forced to stop last week Thursday, the Netherlands evacuated 2,500 people from Afghanistan, including 1,600 people who had the Netherlands as a final destination. The list also includes two local embassy employees and about …

Cabinet looks for evacuation alternatives in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Cabinet looks for evacuation alternatives in Afghanistan

NL Times  

The Cabinet has been looking at other options to bring people on the evacuation list out of Afghanistan, AD reported. We are looking at other ways to bring people out of there”, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigrid Kaag said. “We are looking into that”, Minister of Defense Ank Bijleveld said. “It is only a question of how reliable these companies …

Netherlands left 30 interpreters, 200 others behind in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Netherlands left 30 interpreters, 200 others behind in Afghanistan

NL Times  

Around 30 Afghan interpreters who worked with the Dutch armed forces and were intended to be evacuated from Afghanistan, are still stuck in the Taliban-controlled country, Minster Ank Bijleveld of Defense said before the weekly Council of Ministers on Friday. About 200 other people who were on buses on their way to a Dutch evacuation flight from Kabul airport on …

Dutch evacuees reach Kabul airport, last flights out of Afghanistan ‘later today’
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch evacuees reach Kabul airport, last flights out of Afghanistan ‘later today’

Dutch News  

Three buses containing some 120 Dutch nationals have managed to enter Kabul airport after having been held up at the entrance for over 24 hours, the foreign ministry has confirmed to broadcaster NOS. Seven people who did not have Dutch passports were ‘manhandled out of the bus’ by Taliban troops and did not make it into the airport, a source …

Dutch evacuees reach Kabul airport, last flights out of Afghanistan ‘later today’
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch evacuees reach Kabul airport, last flights out of Afghanistan ‘later today’

Dutch News  

Three buses containing some 120 Dutch nationals have managed to enter Kabul airport after having been held up at the entrance for over 24 hours, the foreign ministry has confirmed to broadcaster NOS. Seven people who did not have Dutch passports were ‘manhandled out of the bus’ by Taliban troops and did not make it into the airport, a source …

Kabul evacuations 'unlikely' to be completed, says Kaag
3 years, 4 months ago

Kabul evacuations 'unlikely' to be completed, says Kaag

Dutch News  

It is highly lightly that the Netherlands will not be able to evacuate everyone the government has invited to leave Afghanistan, according to caretaker foreign minister Sigrid Kaag. As American president Joe Biden told G7 leaders that US troops are ‘on pace’ to leave the country by August 31, after the Taliban takeover, hopes are fading that all Dutch people …

Kabul evacuations 'unlikely' to be completed, says Kaag
3 years, 4 months ago

Kabul evacuations 'unlikely' to be completed, says Kaag

Dutch News  

It is highly lightly that the Netherlands will not be able to evacuate everyone the government has invited to leave Afghanistan, according to caretaker foreign minister Sigrid Kaag. As American president Joe Biden told G7 leaders that US troops are ‘on pace’ to leave the country by August 31, after the Taliban takeover, hopes are fading that all Dutch people …

Second shelter for Afghan refugees opened
3 years, 4 months ago

Second shelter for Afghan refugees opened

Dutch News  

The defence ministry has provided another shelter for Afghan refugees arriving from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul after the Taliban takeover. On Sunday night, 178 Afghan people arrived in the Netherlands and were taken to the Willem Lodewijk van Nassau barracks in Zoutkamp. A new temporary location, the Walaardt Sacré camp in Zeist, has now been made ready and …

Second shelter for Afghan refugees opened
3 years, 4 months ago

Second shelter for Afghan refugees opened

Dutch News  

The defence ministry has provided another shelter for Afghan refugees arriving from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul after the Taliban takeover. On Sunday night, 178 Afghan people arrived in the Netherlands and were taken to the Willem Lodewijk van Nassau barracks in Zoutkamp. A new temporary location, the Walaardt Sacré camp in Zeist, has now been made ready and …

More than 700 Dutch still in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

More than 700 Dutch still in Afghanistan

Dutch News  

More than 700 Dutch people are still in Afghanistan, the caretaker foreign minister Sigrid Kaag told reporters on Friday. Although there has been a series of flights leaving Kabul airport, which is under the control of the American military following the Taliban takeover, it is unclear how many Dutch people have left. A Nato official said on Friday morning that …

More than 700 Dutch still in Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

More than 700 Dutch still in Afghanistan

Dutch News  

More than 700 Dutch people are still in Afghanistan, the caretaker foreign minister Sigrid Kaag told reporters on Friday. Although there has been a series of flights leaving Kabul airport, which is under the control of the American military following the Taliban takeover, it is unclear how many Dutch people have left. A Nato official said on Friday morning that …

The Latest: US says Kabul evacuees don’t need COVID tests
3 years, 4 months ago

The Latest: US says Kabul evacuees don’t need COVID tests

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Amid the chaos and confusion at the airport, the United States said it had taken at least one step to ease requirements for those seeking to leave: COVID-19 tests. Davood Moradian said in a briefing to the council on Thursday that this would allow Afghanistan’s rival factions to come to an inclusive political settlement “while working to mitigate …

Fifty Dutch people evacuated from Kabul; one Dutch aircraft grounded
3 years, 4 months ago

Fifty Dutch people evacuated from Kabul; one Dutch aircraft grounded

Dutch News  

Thirty-five Dutch people were evacuated from the Afghan capital of Kabul arrived at Schiphol airport on Wednesday night. NOS reports that the defence ministry wants to organise around three flights a day, and the American Federal Aviation Administration – which is controlling the airport via 6,000 American troops – now says that commercial airlines can start using the airfield again. …

Fifty Dutch people evacuated from Kabul; one Dutch aircraft grounded
3 years, 4 months ago

Fifty Dutch people evacuated from Kabul; one Dutch aircraft grounded

Dutch News  

Thirty-five Dutch people were evacuated from the Afghan capital of Kabul arrived at Schiphol airport on Wednesday night. NOS reports that the defence ministry wants to organise around three flights a day, and the American Federal Aviation Administration – which is controlling the airport via 6,000 American troops – now says that commercial airlines can start using the airfield again. …

First Dutch evacuated on rescue flights from Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

First Dutch evacuated on rescue flights from Kabul

Dutch News  

The first Dutch people have been evacuated from Kabul on two rescue flights, according to caretaker foreign secretary Sigrid Kaag. Two flights left on Wednesday morning and Kaag told the ANP that this was the ‘first step’ to rescuing many more from Afghanistan, where their future is uncertain. On Tuesday, Kaag told NOS broadcaster that although a Dutch military plane …

NL will try again after failed attempt to evacuate people from Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

NL will try again after failed attempt to evacuate people from Kabul

NL Times  

On Wednesday, the Netherlands will try again to land a plane in Kabul and evacuate people from Afghanistan, after a similar attempt on Tuesday failed. American soldiers are not allowing Afghan people access to the airport at this stage, which means that interpreters and their families, whom the Netherlands are trying to evacuate, cannot get to the planes. A source …

First German plane evacuated only seven people from Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

First German plane evacuated only seven people from Kabul

Al Jazeera  

‘We had very little time, so we only took people who were on-site,’ defence minister says, blaming chaos at the airport following the Taliban takeover. The first German military plane to land in Kabul since the Taliban takeover has evacuated only seven people, the government said on Tuesday, due to chaos at the Afghan capital’s airport. Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer …

Dutch military planes fly out to Kabul to begin repatriation mission
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch military planes fly out to Kabul to begin repatriation mission

Dutch News  

The Netherlands will attempt to remove hundreds of people from Afghanistan in the next few days after the Taliban seized power in Kabul. At least five people were killed in chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as crowds of Afghans filled the runway and tried to climb on board moving planes in a desperate attempt to flee the country. Some Dutch …

Dutch military planes fly out to Kabul to begin repatriation mission
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch military planes fly out to Kabul to begin repatriation mission

Dutch News  

The Netherlands will attempt to remove hundreds of people from Afghanistan in the next few days after the Taliban seized power in Kabul. At least five people were killed in chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as crowds of Afghans filled the runway and tried to climb on board moving planes in a desperate attempt to flee the country. Some Dutch …

The Netherlands took action too late in Afghanistan, relief organizations say
3 years, 4 months ago

The Netherlands took action too late in Afghanistan, relief organizations say

NL Times  

The Cabinet took action too late to help people in Afghanistan, relief organizations said. “The Netherlands has let it escalate for too long”, political advisor at the help organization, Cordaid, Paul van de Berg said. “And we really see that as something due to choices made by the Cabinet.” Both Cordaid and Vluchtelingenwerk hoped that the hundreds of Afghans who …

Dutch keep Kabul embassy open 'as long as possible'
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch keep Kabul embassy open 'as long as possible'

Dutch News  

The Netherlands plans to keep its embassy in Kabul open for ‘as long as possible’, despite the rise of the Taliban following the pull out of peace keeping forces, broadcaster NOS reported on Friday. Britain and the US are deploying a large number of soldiers in Afghanistan to bring home non-essential embassy staff but, defence minister Ank Bijleveld told NOS, …

Dutch keep Kabul embassy open 'as long as possible'
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch keep Kabul embassy open 'as long as possible'

Dutch News  

The Netherlands plans to keep its embassy in Kabul open for ‘as long as possible’, despite the rise of the Taliban following the pull out of peace keeping forces, broadcaster NOS reported on Friday. Britain and the US are deploying a large number of soldiers in Afghanistan to bring home non-essential embassy staff but, defence minister Ank Bijleveld told NOS, …

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