In late August 2021, Ukrainian special forces managed to rescue a group of Canadian translators from Taliban-held Afghanistan in what The Globe and Mail called a “daring operation” — for US and Canadian troops declined to conduct such a dangerous maneuver. The Canadians were among a group of 700 people that Ukraine had evacuated. How did Ukraine manage to pull this off? The Ukrainian newspaper Babel found out about this in an interview with one of the participants of the operation.
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Babel: Here is how Ukraine rescued 700 people from Afghanistan
Evacuees from Afghanistan arrive in the Kyiv Boryspil Airport on the morning of Aug. 22, 2021.
