“Operation Apagan, which began on August 15 on behalf of the President of the Republic, ended tonight.
In less than two weeks, the French military evacuated about 3 thousand people, including more than 2.6 thousand Afghans, who were accepted by France, ”she wrote on her Twitter account.
The head of the French defense department thanked the allies for their support.
On Friday, August 27, the French Foreign Ministry established contacts with representatives of the radical Taliban * movement to facilitate the evacuation from Afghanistan.
Earlier, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said at a press conference in Kabul that the Taliban would ban the continuation of the operation to evacuate the country after August 31.
* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.