Garneau Says Americans Got 500 More Canadians out of Kabul on Thursday Flight

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command provide assistance during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 20, 2021. Lance Cpl. Nicholas Guevara/U.S. Marine Corps via AP

OTTAWA—Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says 500 more Canadians were flown out of Kabul on an American flight Thursday.

Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan ended that day, leaving an unknown number of Canadians and their families trapped, as well as vulnerable Afghans who fear Taliban reprisals.