THE SAS was involved in a daring desert raid to rescue 20 elite soldiers surrounded by the Taliban, hundreds of miles from safety. Special forces troops were left stranded in Kandahar province afte…
Flights continue the desperate air lift to tryfrom the airport as thousands flee the Taliban after they seized power in Afghanistan.
Taliban forces are not believed to attempt to shoot one of the aircraft down - with such an action potentially sparking further intervention from the West. British soldiers have marshalled hundreds of people on a flight to freedom from Afghanistan — while thousands remain behind at the mercy of the Taliban.
Among them were 3,100 Afghans including interpreters who helped UK forces, others eligible under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy programme, embassy staff and nationals from partner nations. Behind them heavy machine-gun fire tracer rounds lit up the sky in a city in which they had dreamed of living successful and happy lives.
In a line to an evacuation flight to Qatar was Mahida Foku, 16, and her family. She said: “We are leaving our hopes and our memories here. We don’t know what is ahead.” He said: “Our soldiers, our diplomats and all the forces have been working around the clock to get our British nationals, Afghan colleagues and Embassy staff to safety. There is still a huge amount of work to do.”
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