UK will rescue those left behind in Taliban controlled Afghanistan: Dominic Raab

Guards who safeguarded British Embassy in Afghanistan were among those unable to escape country in time as Taliban denied many of m permission to enter Hamid Karzai Airport, according to Mirror. Britain ceased its airlift operations on August 28, rescuing roughly 15,000 people from Taliban controlled state, since Mid-August. Speaking to press reporters recently, British Defence Minister Ben Wallace announced that 13,000 Afghans were airlifted while anor 3,000 were repatriated in April under Downing Street’s Arap scheme. 

Raab announces mission to evacuate those left

On Thursday, country’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab met British MPs and updated m on country’s mission to rescue those left behind in conflict-hit country. While he confirmed rescue operation to Foreign Affairs Committee, Raab stopped short specifying how many guards were left in Afghanistan or what kind of difficulties y faced. According to a report published in Guardian, international security company GardaWorld said that it has recruited 200 Afghan natives as guards at British diplomatic office.

Last week, UK rescued three Afghan families whose contact details h been left behind at its embassy in Kabul and was seized by Taliban, Washington Post reported. In aftermath of fall of Kabul, Islamist insurgents are leaving no stone unturned to hunt down Afghans who aided foreign troops in past. Amidst exacerbating conflict and chaos, UK embassy officials mistakenly jeopardized lives of at least seven Afghan natives by leaving ir contract documents and applications behind. But, on Friday, Downing Street confirmed that y were rescued in time.

As embassy officials rushed to leave war-ravaged nation, y accidentally left behind crucial documents revealing details of at least seven Afghans who worked on British Diplomatic missions, according to  Times of London. As Taliban patrolled compound, y found documents which contained details of a senior embassy staffer, details of or employees along with resumes of people who h applied to be interpreters at embassy, scattered on floor. This directly put under threat lives of seven natives and ir families, who Taliban h declared to be “traitors”. Later British daily revealed that some of m h alrey been resettled in Britain.

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