The news came after the US and Germany told their citizens in Afghanistan to avoid travelling to Kabul airport, citing security risks as thousands tried to flee almost a week after Taliban Islamists took control.

“We will continue to run those flights, working together with our partners and our allies,” Morrison told the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) Insiders programme on Sunday.

“We are uplifting not just Australians and Afghan visa holders for Australia, but those from the UK, the US and New Zealand.”

The Australian government has now evacuated more than 550 people from Kabul since Aug 18, including Australians and Afghan visa holders.

Last week, about 8,000 people were flown from Afghanistan on flights organised by the US, UK and European Union countries.

The first flight to bring evacuees from Kabul to Australia landed in Perth on Friday night, bringing Australians, Afghan visa holders and family members, including women and children, Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne said.

She said the efforts have been hampered by Taliban violence.

“There are people in their thousands, as you’ve seen, crowding around the entrances to the airport,” she said according to a transcript of a news conference on Saturday published on the ministry’s website.

“And there have been, unfortunately, injuries as well. And, we have had to address some of those amongst our passenger cohorts too. It is dangerous.”