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 and staff will be able to leave. There is ‘a large certainty’ that the Netherlands will not be able to complete its evacuations, Kaag told Dutch media on Wednesday, adding: ‘For a year already there has been very strong negative advice against travel to Afghanistan.’ However she has said the country is working against the clock to save every individual that it can, and together with other NATO allies, has tried to persuade America to extend the presence of its troops. ‘People who come, who give things, who show that we have respect and are there for people in need are showing Dutch values,’ said Kaag.

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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 …

Afghan refugees in emergency shelters are increasingly desperate
3 years, 1 month ago

Afghan refugees in emergency shelters are increasingly desperate

Dutch News  

Afghan evacuees who have been staying in emergency accommodation following their arrival in the Netherlands in August and September, are becoming increasingly desperate about the lack of perspective, broadcaster NOS reports. Earlier, the national ombudsman and the Dutch human rights committee wrote to junior justice minister Ankie Broekers-Knol to say the tents are ‘completely unsuitable’ for winter. Waisuddin Akhondzada, one …

Afghan refugees in emergency shelters are increasingly desperate
3 years, 1 month ago

Afghan refugees in emergency shelters are increasingly desperate

Dutch News  

Afghan evacuees who have been staying in emergency accommodation following their arrival in the Netherlands in August and September, are becoming increasingly desperate about the lack of perspective, broadcaster NOS reports. Earlier, the national ombudsman and the Dutch human rights committee wrote to junior justice minister Ankie Broekers-Knol to say the tents are ‘completely unsuitable’ for winter. Waisuddin Akhondzada, one …

Safety boards agree to act on housing for refugees as crisis deepens
3 years, 2 months ago

Safety boards agree to act on housing for refugees as crisis deepens

Dutch News  

The Netherlands 25 regional safety boards have agreed to find an extra 800 beds to cope with the rising number of asylum seekers needing accommodation, Nijmegen mayor and board chairman Hubert Bruls has said. On Monday, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus made an urgent appeal for help in finding places for people to live – particularly young refugees who are in …

Safety boards agree to act on housing for refugees as crisis deepens
3 years, 2 months ago

Safety boards agree to act on housing for refugees as crisis deepens

Dutch News  

The Netherlands 25 regional safety boards have agreed to find an extra 800 beds to cope with the rising number of asylum seekers needing accommodation, Nijmegen mayor and board chairman Hubert Bruls has said. On Monday, justice minister Ferd Grapperhaus made an urgent appeal for help in finding places for people to live – particularly young refugees who are in …

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 …

Cabinet wants to retrieve more than 2,000 Afghans
3 years, 3 months ago

Cabinet wants to retrieve more than 2,000 Afghans

NL Times  

The Cabinet expected to transfer around 2,100 more Afghans to the Netherlands. This concerns, among others, people who have worked for aid organizations and the Ministry of Defense, journalists and interpreters, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ben Knapen wrote in a letter to the Tweede Kamer. The Cabinet is doing everything in their power to bring Afghans to the Nehterlands, …

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 …

The explosions in Kabul are a tragic reminder of how important it is to help the people of Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

The explosions in Kabul are a tragic reminder of how important it is to help the people of Afghanistan

The Independent  

Two deadly explosions at Kabul airport have intensified an already difficult situation. Mr Johnson said that around 15,000 people have already been evacuated by British troops, and that they account for the “overwhelming majority” of those eligible to be evacuated, with the operation winding down. The home secretary, Priti Patel, acknowledged this when she said that the government was “absolutely …

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 …

Rutte: terror threat at Kabul airport means some will be left behind
3 years, 4 months ago

Rutte: terror threat at Kabul airport means some will be left behind

Dutch News  

Prime minister Mark Rutte has said the situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating too fast to evacuate all Dutch citizens and Afghans who assisted the NATO mission in the last 20 years. Rutte told a short press conference he regretted having to leave some people behind, but the 118 Dutch nationals who gained entry to Kabul airport before it was closed …

Rutte: terror threat at Kabul airport means some will be left behind
3 years, 4 months ago

Rutte: terror threat at Kabul airport means some will be left behind

Dutch News  

Prime minister Mark Rutte has said the situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating too fast to evacuate all Dutch citizens and Afghans who assisted the NATO mission in the last 20 years. Rutte told a short press conference he regretted having to leave some people behind, but the 118 Dutch nationals who gained entry to Kabul airport before it was closed …

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 …

Amsterdam preparing to take in Afghan asylum seekers
3 years, 4 months ago

Amsterdam preparing to take in Afghan asylum seekers

NL Times  

The municipality of Amsterdam is in talks with the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers and the government about creating temporary emergency shelter for asylum seekers from Afghanistan, mayor Femke Halsema said to AT5. "Of course Amsterdam wants to contribute to the reception of people from Afghanistan," Halsema said. The Netherlands performed multiple evacuation flights, the last of …

EXPLAINER: What’s happening with Afghanistan evacuations?
3 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s happening with Afghanistan evacuations?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Since the Taliban seized the Afghan capital on Aug. 14, more than 82,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan in one of the largest U.S. airlifts in history. President Joe Biden set an Aug. 31 deadline to complete the U.S.-led evacuation, but the president has also asked for contingency plans in case the U.S. still needs to get …

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 …

Protest against Afghan refugees "heartless" and "reprehensible", Ministers say
3 years, 4 months ago

Protest against Afghan refugees "heartless" and "reprehensible", Ministers say

NL Times  

That is how Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld described the demonstration that got out of hand on Tuesday evening at a military barracks in Harskamp, where Afghan asylum seekers are being received. Foreign Affairs Minister Sigrid Kaag called the demonstration "heartless", but said that generous and understanding reactions from the Netherlands are louder. Those present did not heed calls from the …

Kaag tells America that allies need more time to evacuate from Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

Kaag tells America that allies need more time to evacuate from Kabul

Dutch News  

NATO allies need more time to evacuate their people from Afghanistan, caretaker foreign minister Sigrid Kaag has said. All US allies need more time.’ Zojuist gesproken met Bondskanselier Angela Merkel over onze nauwe samenwerking in Kaboel t.b.v. Daarnaast bespraken we, met oog op G7-bijeenkomst later vandaag, onze gemeenschappelijke inzet op het zo lang mogelijk openhouden van het vliegveld in Kaboel. …

Kaag tells America that allies need more time to evacuate from Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

Kaag tells America that allies need more time to evacuate from Kabul

Dutch News  

NATO allies need more time to evacuate their people from Afghanistan, caretaker foreign minister Sigrid Kaag has said. All US allies need more time.’ Zojuist gesproken met Bondskanselier Angela Merkel over onze nauwe samenwerking in Kaboel t.b.v. Daarnaast bespraken we, met oog op G7-bijeenkomst later vandaag, onze gemeenschappelijke inzet op het zo lang mogelijk openhouden van het vliegveld in Kaboel. …

The latest on Afghanistan evacuation efforts
3 years, 4 months ago

The latest on Afghanistan evacuation efforts

Al Jazeera  

The US is set to withdraw troops from Afghanistan on August 31, hindering evacuation efforts of foreign governments. On Tuesday, the White House reported that during the 24-hour period from 07:00 GMT on August 23 to 07:00 GMT on August 24, US military flights had evacuated about 12,700 people. United Kingdom On Tuesday, the United Kingdom’s defence minister said the …

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 …

Infographic: How many people evacuated from Afghanistan so far?
3 years, 4 months ago

Infographic: How many people evacuated from Afghanistan so far?

Al Jazeera  

A week after the Taliban takeover, at least 28,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan, but tens of thousands more are still waiting. Thousands of people have tried to flee Afghanistan, with many crushed to death, as Afghans fear reprisals and a return to a strict rule under the Taliban, which retook the country last weekend after two decades. Army …

Biden still ‘hopes’ to complete Afghan evacuations by August 31
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden still ‘hopes’ to complete Afghan evacuations by August 31

Al Jazeera  

US President Joe Biden says any American in Afghanistan who wants to come back home will be able to. 22 Aug 2021 - 20:24 GMT Biden says first priority is to get Americans out US President Joe Biden has said evacuating Americans from Kabul is the “first priority” of his administration. 22 Aug 2021 - 17:23 GMT Taliban says ‘hundreds’ …

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 …

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. …

Afghanistan evacuations: Next 24 hours ‘critical’ says UK general, as 2,200 diplomats flee Kabul
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan evacuations: Next 24 hours ‘critical’ says UK general, as 2,200 diplomats flee Kabul

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The evacuation of British nationals and their local allies from …

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 …

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 …

MPs to debate Afghan crisis as efforts to evacuate citizens continue
3 years, 4 months ago

MPs to debate Afghan crisis as efforts to evacuate citizens continue

Dutch News  

MPs are returning from their summer break on Tuesday for an emergency debate on the crisis in Afghanistan and the operation to evacuate Dutch citizens from Kabul. Caretaker foreign minister Sigrid Kaag and defence minister Ank Bijleveld said in a letter to parliament that the Netherlands had agreed with the EU to help repatriate ‘a number of members of the …

MPs to debate Afghan crisis as efforts to evacuate citizens continue
3 years, 4 months ago

MPs to debate Afghan crisis as efforts to evacuate citizens continue

Dutch News  

MPs are returning from their summer break on Tuesday for an emergency debate on the crisis in Afghanistan and the operation to evacuate Dutch citizens from Kabul. Caretaker foreign minister Sigrid Kaag and defence minister Ank Bijleveld said in a letter to parliament that the Netherlands had agreed with the EU to help repatriate ‘a number of members of the …

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