epa09417625 A handout photo made available by the French Defece Ministry shows a French soldiers monitor passengers boarding a French A400M military plane at the military section of the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the night of 16 to 17 August 2021 (issued 17 August 2021). Various foreign armed forces were evacuating personnel and citizens the day the Taliban declared victory and took control of Kabul. EPA-EFE/FRENCH DEFENCE MINISTRY / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

epaselect epa09418036 Passengers disembark from a French army Airbus A310 from Kabul airport from where they were evacuated as part of an operation to bring back French nationals in Roissy Airport, near Paris, France, 17 August 2021. Those first 45 passengers, most of them french nationals, are the first group evacuated from Kabul by the French army. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

epa09416874 A handout photo made available by Italian Defense Ministry Press Office shows people arriving on the the first evacuation flight, as part of the airlift developed by the Italian Defense after the rapid advance of the Taliban in Afghanistan, after landing the 'Leonardo da Vinci' international airport in Fiumicino, near Rome, Italy, 16 August 2021. The Air Force plane with 74 people on board from Kabul landed at the 'Leonardo da Vinci' international airport. EPA-EFE/ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES