Canada Government plans to resume military flights to Afghanistan to evacuate civilians as the US regains control of the Kabul airport, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) said late on Tuesday. In a statement on Thursday, Prime Minister Justin said that Canadian Armed Forces assets and personnel have arrived on the ground in Afghanistan to coordinate at the tactical level with the US and other allied partners, helping "get Canadians, Afghans and their families to safety", according to reports.

"Canada has personnel on the ground now and we'll have more personnel arriving later today to help with the processing," Justin said, adding the images out of Kabul have been heartbreaking and that government remains committed to helping hundreds of Afghans who helped Canada. He also said two CAF CC-177 planes will make regular flights into Kabul to support evacuation efforts.

Those Afghans include former interpreters and support staff as well as their families who are now at risk of Taliban arrest or worse for having worked with the Canadian military and other organisations after the insurgents took over the country, according to reports. Defence Department spokeswoman Jessica Lamirande said on Thursday that the C-17s have been reconfigured to maximise the number of passengers they can carry and have begun to fly in and out of Kabul.

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