Second Canadian Fight Leaves Chaotic Kabul on Friday With 106 Afghans on Board

Second Canadian Fight Leaves Chaotic Kabul on Friday With 106 Afghans on Board
Refugees from Afghanistan and Canadian Citizens board a bus after being processed at Pearson Airport in Toronto, on Aug 17, 2021, after arriving indirectly from Afghanistan. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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OTTAWA—A C-17 Globemaster transport plane evacuated 106 more Afghans from the chaotic Kabul airport on Friday and brought them to a safe third country, Canadian officials said Saturday.

The flight was Canada’s second one out of Kabul since Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last weekend, a development that destabilized the country, sowed chaos and exposed numerous Afghans to violent reprisals for their past support of Western-led, anti-Taliban forces, including Canada’s.