First Lufthansa plane with Afghanistan evacuees lands in Germany

A Lufthansa plane carrying people who have being evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan lands in Frankfurt, Germany August 18, 2021. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

BERLIN (Reuters) -The first Lufthansa plane carrying evacuees from Afghanistan landed in Frankfurt early on Wednesday with about 130 people aboard, the airline said.

The Airbus A340 picked up passengers who had been taken by the German air force from the Afghan capital of Kabul to the Uzbek capital of Tashkent.