A SWISS International airlines plane is back from the Uzbek capital Tashkent with Swiss citizens and local employees evacuated from Afghanistan.
The airport in Tashkent is being used by coalition partners as a staging post for those fleeing the Taliban. Uzbek authorities are insisting transiting passengers are moved as soon as possible to make sure further evacuation flights are possible.
So far more than 100 have been brought out of Afghanistan and brought back here,
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