Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended Britain's airlift from Kabul on Sunday following growing criticism that ministers had been 'asleep on watch', potentially leaving thousands of eligible Afghans behind in the country.
Members of the British armed forces 16 Air Assault Brigade disembark an aircraft after being evacuated from Kabul, at RAF Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire, Britain August 29, 2021. Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERSFormer army head says ministers "asleep on watch"
Britain's last military flight left Kabul late on Saturday, ending a chaotic two weeks in which soldiers helped to evacuate more than 15,000 people from the crowds who descended on the capital's airport, desperate to flee the country. The Observer newspaper said thousands of emails sent to the Foreign Office by lawmakers and charities, detailing cases of Afghan citizens who needed help to leave, had not been read.
Lisa Nandy, the opposition spokeswoman for the foreign office, said ministers had been completely unprepared for the withdrawal. "It really is an unparalleled moment of shame for this government, that we've allowed it to come to this," she told Sky News.
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