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has concluded its evacuation of personnel from Afghanistan and the last evacuees are expected to land at the Torrejon military airbase near Madrid later on Friday, the government said.

Two military planes carrying the last 81 Spaniards arrived early on Friday morning, the government said in a statement.

The planes were also carrying four Portuguese soldiers and 83 Afghans who had worked with NATO countries.

"These two flights conclude the evacuation of Spanish personnel and Afghan allies and their families," the statement read.

Over the course of its rescue mission, Spain evacuated 1,898 Afghans who had worked with western countries the United Nations or the European Union.

Britain's evacuation operation in Afghanistan will end "in a matter of hours" said UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace 👇

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Britain said Friday that it plans to complete its "in a matter of hours".

"We will process those people that we have brought with us, the 1,000 people approximately inside the airfield now," told Sky News.

"And we will seek a way to continue to find a few people in the crowd, where we can, but overall  and we have a matter of hours."