The Croatian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that according to available information, 23 Croatian nationals were currently in Afghanistan and that it was "following the situation in the country" and was at its nationals' disposal for any assistance.

The ministry said it was also “exchanging information with the partner countries.”

The Croatian nationals in Afghanistan have not requested consular assistance and neither have their family members. “The companies which hired the Croatian citizens are organising the repatriation of their employees,” the ministry said.

After the withdrawal of U.S. and Allied forces, the Taliban have been making lightning progress for weeks now. The radical Islamist group has occupied most of Afghanistan and is nearing the capital of Kabul, which has prompted Western countries to repatriate their embassy staff.