French and Afghan citizens are evacuated to France in a French military plane, at Abu Dhabi airport, August 24, 2021

French and Afghan citizens are evacuated to France in a French military plane, at Abu Dhabi airport, August 24, 2021. As the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the French government opened “Operation Apagan” to evacuate more than 3,000 people to safety, including 2,630 Afghans, between August 15 and 26, 2021.

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