- Title: Plane carrying evacuated Afghans in transit to U.S. arrives in Albania
- Date: 28th August 2021
- Summary: TIRANA, ALBANIA (AUGUST 27, 2021) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF PLANE CARRYING AFGHAN EVACUEES ARRIVING AND TAXIING ON RUNWAY WINDOWS OF PLANE VARIOUS OF EVACUEES DISEMBARKING PLANE VARIOUS OF EVACUEES GETTING ONTO BUS VARIOUS OF EVACUEES SITTING ON BUS TIRANA, ALBANIA (AUGUST 28, 2021) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF PLANE TAXIING ON RUNWAY CARRYING AFGHAN EVACUEES VARIOUS OF EVACUEES DISEMBARKING PLANE EVACUEES WAITING TO GET ON BUS
- Embargoed: 11th September 2021 02:34
- Keywords: Afghan evacuees Albania Taliban
- Location: TIRANA, ALBANIA
- City: TIRANA, ALBANIA
- Country: Albania
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe
- Reuters ID: LVA001ES7243R
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Planes carrying hundreds of people evacuated from Afghanistan and in transit to the United States arrived in Albania's Tirana airport on Friday and Saturday morning (August 28).
Passengers included babies, children and the elderly, all fleeing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
The plane arrived from Tbilisi where the Afghans had been flown to from Kabul, Albanian media reported.
The Afghans are now expected to be taken to hotels in the coastal town of Durres, where they will stay until they are vetted by U.S. security and immigration authorities and their documentation for U.S. immigration visas is arranged.
Albania and North Macedonia, both NATO members, as well as Kosovo, agreed to a proposal by U.S. President Joe Biden's administration to serve as transit countries for Afghan refugees whose final destination is the United States.
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