100 former NATO Afghan employees to be resettled in UK

BRUSSELS, Sept 16 (KUNA) -- Over 100 former NATO Afghan employees and family members began their journey to resettlement in the United Kingdom on Thursday.
With the support of NATO's high-readiness Response Force, the Afghan evacuees departed temporary facilities in Kosovo for the United Kingdom on a chartered civilian airline flight from Pristina, noted a NATO statement.
The evacuees are leaving a temporary site in Kosovo, where troops from the NATO Response Force are helping to provide housing, care and support. More than 20 NATO countries are contributing to the evacuation effort, providing transportation aircraft, construction equipment, ambulances, medical teams, civil affairs teams and security personnel.
As some Afghans complete their resettlement, the process continues for others. Around 2,000 Afghans who worked with NATO, and their families, were evacuated from Kabul in August, as part of the largest evacuation mission in NATO's history, noted the statement. (end) nk