The last western nationals are flying out of Afghanistan after the ruling Taliban said it could not guarantee their security if the United States unleashed retaliation for last week's terror attacks.
Five expatriate staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were to fly from Kabul to neighbouring Pakistan and will evacuate foreign personnel from other parts of Afghanistan, officials said.
Yesterday The Taliban regime told the few remaining foreigners in Afghanistan to leave "for their own security".
Their leader called for a jihad (Muslim holy war) against anyone cooperating with the United States, while the foreign ministry and the movement's ambassador to Pakistan said Afghanistan would send fighters to extract revenge.
Most western diplomats and aid workers, including those from the United Nations, left Afghanistan on Thursday.
An ICRC official said the Red Cross had not received "any formal or informal letter from the Taliban about (leaving), but we'll have to go by hearing the news".
The fate of eight foreign nationals detained by the Taliban on charges of trying to convert Afghans to christianity was not immediately known.
Fearful Afghans were also fleeing the country as their hardline Taliban rulers vowed to wage a holy war against anyone helping Washington launch attacks on the country and urged Muslims to fight to their deaths.
Many aimed to cross the border into Pakistan, but faced with 10-day waits for passports and visas some resigned themselves to seeking refuge in rural areas.
Blighted by conflict, Afghanistan has been embroiled in various wars for 23 years.
With television outlawed in Afghanistan, most people have followed the aftermath of Tuesday's attacks by listening to foreign radio stations. The few international phone lines have been cut for security reasons.