British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace told Sky News on Friday that the evacuation mission was in its “final hours” and the British embassy has already shut its processing center.
Sky News that British authorities closed their main processing center for evacuees in the Baron Hotel near the Kabul airport at 4.30 a.m. BST .
The minister noted that no more people will be called forward for evacuation and they currently have approximately 1,000 people in the airfield right now. Wallace added that the British mission will “continue to find a few people in the crowds where we can,” but acknowledged that “not every single one will get out.”
The defence secretary said that he has agreed to loosen restrictions on the number of passengers that can be packed on the final flights out of Kabul.
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