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Swedish Kabul evacuation mission over, foreign minister Linde says

Swedish Kabul evacuation mission over, foreign minister Linde says
Swedish Kabul evacuation mission over, foreign minister Linde says Copyright  Thomson Reuters 2021
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STOCKHOLM - Sweden has ended its evacuation mission in Kabul, Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said on Friday.

"All in all some 1,100 people have been evacuated by the Foreign Ministry. All locally employed embassy staff and their families have been evacuated," Linde told a news conference.

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