First French nationals pulled out of Kabul to arrive home on Tuesday
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The first planeload of French nationals evacuated from the Afghan capital, Kabul, will arrive in France on Tuesday afternoon, a defence ministry official said. The evacuees, currently in the United Arab Emirates, will travel on a military flight, the official said. France and other western nations have scrambled to pull their nationals out of Afghanistan after the Taliban seized control. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris-Trent reports from Dubaï.