Araceli Tamayo, the Basque tourist seriously injured last Friday in Afghanistan, will most likely be repatriated this Wednesday, unless her health prevents it at the last moment, according to sources in her family environment. The Basque Government also confirms that the entire health system is prepared to receive and care for her as soon as she arrives.
The Basque tourist will be transferred from Kabul by plane and, according to official sources, both her medical care and the transfer will be covered by the private insurance she contracted before the trip.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, reported this Tuesday that his health condition has worsened and that the Spanish diplomatic team sent to Afghanistan was waiting for what the doctors decided for their transfer to Spain and to do it “in the best possible way.” way” possible.
Araceli Tamayo was seriously injured in an attack last Friday. On Monday, Minister Albares reported that he was conscious and was progressing favorably in serious condition, while the president of Kutxabank (the entity where he worked before retiring), Antón Arriola, said that he was “well and in good spirits.”
In the last few hours, however, her state of health has worsened, something that has forced us to speed up the procedures to transfer her to Spain.
The attack, the first against foreign tourists since the Taliban came to power in 2021, has been claimed by the Islamic State. Three Catalan tourists died in it (a woman and her daughter, who ran two pharmacies, and a retired engineer from Girona), while Araceli Tamayo was seriously injured.
