A new Italian airlift is bringing 500
more Afghan refugees to Rome, sources said at the weekend.
Operation Aquila Omnia-Bis has been set up by the defence
ministry.
Defence Minister Lorenzo Guerini said "last summer's evacuation
of Afghan citizens from Kabul was a very complex operation, but
eh incessant and silent work of the Italian armed forces has
continued in the last few months too.
"Today's Aquila Omnia-Bis is the result of long team work thanks
to the collaboration between the ministries of defence, foreign
affairs and the interior and the information services".
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