"Another plane has just brought 50 Afghans and a third plane is expected today," National Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas posted on Facebook.

"Tomorrow, Operation Kabul Eleven will be officially over and everyone will return to Lithuania, as well as the last group of evacuees," he said.

Lithuania has ten military personnel and a diplomat working in Kabul on the evacuation of Afghans who worked with its troops.

Fourteen Afghan interpreters with families, 50 people in total, were flown to Vilnius early on Wednesday and temporarily accommodated in the central district of Raseiniai.

Around 5,000 Lithuanian troops were involved in US-led and NATO missions in Afghanistan for almost 20 years between 2002 and 2021.

A total of 115 interpreters had contracts with the Lithuanian Armed Forces in Afghanistan.

Six Afghan nationals – a man who worked as a driver at the European Union Representation in Kabul and his family members – were relocated to Lithuania last week.

It was reported earlier that around 100 interpreters who had helped Lithuanian troops in Afghanistan, as well as their families, were awaiting evacuation to Lithuania, fearing repressions from the Taliban.

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