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Russia delivers another shipment of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Russian military transport planes delivered a shipment of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan on Saturday and flew back 200 Russians, Afghan students and others, the Russian defense ministry said.
The ministry said that three Il-76 cargo planes will make stopovers in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan before flying to Moscow. It said the planes were carrying citizens of Russia and Kyrgyzstan who wanted to leave Afghanistan, and Afghan students enlisted in Russian universities, the Associated Press reported.
Unlike many other countries, Russia hasn’t evacuated its embassy in Kabul and its ambassador has maintained regular contacts with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) since they took over Kabul in August.
Russia had worked for years to establish contacts with the IEA.