Final UK evacuation flight leaves Kabul; troops head residence

Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised the “heroic” evacuation effort, at the same time as the federal government acknowledged some eligible Afghan civilians had been left behind. The UK’s high navy officer conceded that “we haven’t been able to bring everybody out.”
The UK authorities stated late on Saturday that about 1,000 troops who ran an airlift of British nationals and Afghan civilians had departed from Kabul airport, hours after the ultimate evacuation flight for civilians. Most nations aside from the United States had already left.

Before departing, Britain’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Laurie Bristow, stated from Kabul airport that it was “time to close this phase of the operation now.”
“But we haven’t forgotten the people who still need to leave,” Bristow stated in a video posted on Twitter. “We’ll continue to do everything we can to help them. Nor have we forgotten the brave, decent people of Afghanistan. They deserve to live in peace and security.”
Britain says it has evacuated greater than 15,000 folks from Kabul up to now two weeks however that as many as 1,100 Afghans who had been entitled to come back to the UK have been left behind. Some British lawmakers who’ve been making an attempt to assist stranded constituents and their households imagine the true complete is increased.

“We haven’t been able to bring everybody out, and that has been heartbreaking, and there have been some very challenging judgments that have had to be made on the ground,” the top of British armed forces, Gen. Nick Carter, instructed the BBC.
Foreign residents from all over the world and the Afghans who labored with them have sought to depart the nation for the reason that Taliban’s swift takeover this month after most US forces departed. About 117,000 folks have been evacuated via Kabul airport, based on American officers.