New flight carrying evacuated at-risk Afghans en route US from Germany

A new flight carrying evacuated at-risk Afghans will arrive in the United States (US) later on Monday from Ramstein air base in Germany, a senior state department official said, adding that the pace of flights will ramp up from transit hubs temporarily housing those evacuated from Kabul.

Speaking at a briefing with reporters, the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there were currently eight transit hubs across six countries that were hosting more than 17,000 people.

“The transit hubs that we have arranged in Germany, Italy and Spain will have the combined capacity to process approximately 15,000 people on a rolling basis, which in turn will enable us to keep evacuating people continuously from Kabul,” the official said.