Evacuation mission to Afghanistan airlifted more than 100 people after Australias exit from Kabul

More than 3,500 people fleeing Taliban-controlled Afghanistan have been brought to Australia on evacuation flights, since the mission ceased on 27 August.  

Mr Morrison said some in this group had had been evacuated from "out of the region".  

“We have already been able to lift up over a hundred people,” he told reporters. “They're on their way to Australia and should be here very, very soon.”  

Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Source: AAP

No indication was given specifically where the individuals were evacuated from.

However, some Afghans have attempted to escape at the border to neighbouring Pakistan in an effort to flee the country.

The Taliban has offered assurances all foreign nationals and Afghan citizens with travel authorisation will continue to be permitted to safely exit the country.

But Mr Morrison has previously expressed that he is "cautious" about the commitment being relied on. 

The Australian government has committed to bringing in at least 3,000 entrants from Afghanistan as part of its existing humanitarian visa program.  

The figure has been described as a floor, not a ceiling.

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Co-chair of an advisory panel overseeing the intake, Paris Aristotle, has also told SBS News these places have not yet been filled. 

The Prime Minister on Thursday said he had spoken with French President Emmanual Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson about the situation in Afghanistan. 

He said the government remained “very focussed” on the task ahead. 

“We are continuing to work with our coalition partners on the next phase of that program,” he said.   

The Australian government has previously backed calls urging people wanting to flee the Taliban to be guaranteed safe passage out of Afghanistan.  

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