LONDON: British troops have left Kabul, ending England’s evacuation operations and 20-year-old military involvement in Afghanistan.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised the evacuation effort “Heroik”, even when the government acknowledged some of the qualified Afghan civilians had been abandoned.
England’s top military officers admitted that “we have not been able to bring everyone to evacuate flights for civilians.
Most countries regardless of the United States have left.
Before leaving, the British Ambassador to Afghanistan, Laurie Bristow, said from Kabul airport that it was” time To close the phase of this operation now.
“” But we haven’t forgotten people who still need to go, “Bristow said in a video posted on Twitter.” We will continue to do everything we can to help them.
Also we don’t forget the courageous and decent Afghans.
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They deserve to live in peace and security.
“England said it had evacuated more than 15,000 people from Kabul in the past two weeks but as many as 1,100 Afghans who have the right to come to England have been abandoned.
Some members of the British parliament who have tried to help their elements and families stranded trust in total is actually higher.” We are actually higher.
“We It has not been able to bring everyone, and it has been heartbreaking, and there are some very challenging assessments that must be made on the ground, “The Head of the British Armed Forces, General Nick Carter, told the BBC.
Foreign residents from all over the world and Afghans who worked With they have tried to leave the country since the rapid takeover of the Taliban this month after most US troops left.
About 117,000 people have been evacuated through Kabul.
The airport, according to American officials.