150 more Afghan evacuees arrive in Albania

TIRANA

: Another plane carrying 150 Afghans who fled their homeland fearing the Taliban takeover arrived in

Albania

early on Monday, the

Foreign Ministry

said.

The new arrivals brought the total number of Afghans brought to this

Balkan

country to 607. A ministry statement said the plane had come from

Abu Dhabi

,

United Arab Emirates

.

Albania has accommodated most of the Afghans in hotels and some of them temporarily at the students' campus in the capital of Tirana.

The government has said it may house up to 4,000 Afghans for at least a year before they move to the

United States

for final settlement.