SEOUL/South Korea: No fewer than 378 Afghans arrived in South Korea on Thursday as part of Seoul’s efforts to evacuate local co-workers of the country’s embassy and other facilities in the war-torn nation after the Taliban’s seizure of power.
A KC-330 tanker transport aircraft carrying the evacuees landed at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, at 4.24PM, after departing from the Pakistani capital of Islamabad early in the morning, the foreign ministry said.
Of a total of 391 people to be airlifted, 378 were on board, while the 13 others are expected to depart for South Korea on a separate military plane, according to officials at the foreign and defense ministries.
“Of course, we tried to get everyone on board, but it was difficult given the aircraft status and other circumstances,’’ a foreign ministry official said on condition of anonymity.
