Canada is prepared to continue sending military transports back to Kabul to carry on evacuating desperate Afghans in the coming weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today. They've brought out at least 807 Afghans and about 500 of them have since arrived in Canada. Trudeau said he was "absolutely horrified" by the heartbreaking scenes emerging from Kabul of despondent Afghans clinging to the wheels of a departing U.S. Air Force transport plane. WATCH | Trudeau says Canada 'firmly condemns' escalating violence in Afghanistan: Trudeau says 'Canada firmly condemns the escalating violence' in Afghanistan 2:28 Liberal leader Justin Trudeau says over 500 Afghans have arrived in Canada from the war-torn country. Trudeau said officials will continue processing the applications of Afghans who want to come to Canada at remote locations now that the Canadian embassy in Kabul is closed.

Source: CBC News August 16, 2021 20:28 UTC