Inside the daring rescue operation that saw elite New Zealand special forces soldiers evacuate a group of New Zealand visa holders from Afghanistan. Video / NZDF
Two members of the New Zealand Defence Force involved in the evacuation missions to Kabul have tested positive for Covid-19.
The NZDF sent a team of 80 people on the RNZAF C-130 Hercules mercy dash last month, touching down three times at Hamid Karzai International Airport to extract Kiwis and visa holders.
The “freedom flights” were cut short after a suicide bomb attack on Friday and the evacuation team has been kept at a United Arab Emirates (UAE) military base since.
Despite following prevention protocols, two NZDF personnel deployed on the evacuation operation have tested positive for Covid-19, the Herald has been told today.
The pair, who are fully-vaccinated and said to be currently well, are now in isolation under local UAE base protocols.
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