The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has started repatriating Filipinos from Afghanistan.
At least 32 Filipinos have been evacuated on Sunday night, and are now awaiting their confirmed flights from Doha, Qatar to the Philippines.
The DFA added that another group of 19 Filipinos is also set to leave immediately.
An estimated 130 Filipinos are currently in the south-central Asian nation.
The DFA has raised Alert Level 4 in Afghanistan due to the worsening security situation there.
Under this alert level, evacuation and repatriation for Filipinos are mandatory.
The Taliban forces are said to be taking control of Afghanistan faster than expected after nearly two decades of war.
Dozen of countries are urging “all parties” to safeguard the departure of foreign nationals and Afghans who wish to leave the country, the US State Department said on Sunday.
“Afghans and international citizens who wish to depart must be allowed to do so; roads, airports and border crossing must remain open, and calm must be maintained,” the statement says.
Joining the US in the statement are: Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta , Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Cyprus, Romania, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Togo, Tonga, Uganda, United Kingdom, Ukraine and Yemen.
