Paris, 28 August 2021 (dpa/MIA) - French forces have ended their evacuation mission out of Afghanistan ahead of the US military's final departure on Tuesday. The mission to evacuate French citizens and Afghans, which began on August 15, ended on Friday evening, Defence Minister Florence Parly wrote on Twitter. In just under two weeks, she said, the French military had brought some 3,000 people to safety - including more than 2,600 Afghans who had found refuge in France. Parly, along with Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, had visited a military airport near Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on Monday, through which the airlift from Kabul was managed. The US brought in thousands of troops to secure the international evacuation effort at Kabul's Hamid Karzai Airport after the hardline Islamist Taliban movement took power earlier this month. The looming withdrawal of the US early next week spurred countries to quickly wrap up their own airlifts amid deteriorating security conditions. Germany and Canada were among those pulling out of the airport on Thursday, while Spain ended its mission on Friday. British troops were to follow over the weekend.