Afghanistan, another 211 evacuated from Kabul arrived at Fiumicino

An Air Force KC 767 has just landed in Fiumicino carrying 211 people who had been evacuated from Kabul last night with two C 130Js. During the night another C130J took off from Kabul with 103 on board to return to Kuwait. Another 3 C130Js today will fly to Kabul to evacuate other Afghan citizens. Since last June, when 228 Afghans were brought to our country with the Aquila 1 operation, about 2100 Afghan citizens were rescued and about 1300 those transferred to Italy. , planned and directed by Covi led by General Luciano Portolano: these are 4 KC767s that alternate between the area of ​​operation and Italy and 4 C130Js, the latter located in Kuwait, from which the airlift to Kabul departs. over 1,500 Italian soldiers from the joint top operational command (Covi) engaged on the orders of Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini in this complex operation for the Rome-Kabul airlift.