The Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service for Common Security and Defence Policy and Crisis Response, Charles Fries, explained on Thursday 9 September that 300 Afghan personnel and their families who had been working with the EU’s CSDP mission in Afghanistan EUPOL – which closed in 2016 – are still to be evacuated.
Addressing the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Security and Defence, Mr Fries explained that between 15 and 30 August, a dedicated crisis...