LONDON: Military aircraft carrying British troops and diplomats from Kabul landed at the British air base after the two-week English evacuation operation ended.
The British Ambassador to Afghanistan, Laurie Bristow, is among those who arrived on Sunday at RAF Brize Norton Northwest of London, hours after the government announced that all British personnel had left Kabul.
The British said it had evacuated more than 15,000 British citizens and the Afghans who were vulnerable in the past two weeks but 1,100 Afghans who have the right to come to England have been left behind.
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The key to Ben, who is responsible for the British operation, said: “We try our best.” In a video message, Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised the “colossal” effort, said it was “a mission not like whatever we see in our lives.” But he faced strong criticism for failure to protect all Afghans who helped British troops during the spread of 20 years in Afghanistan which began after 9/11.
Johnson admitted that England “did not want to go this way,” but said, “We must realize that we come with the United States, in defense and support from the US and the US military do most of the extraordinary battle battle.”