said its afghanistan evacuation programme will end in "a matter of hours." all british facilities in the city for processing applications were shut overnight — and all remaining officials are due to be flown out today. the defence secretary ben wallace says the bombings have not affected the timetable. but he acknowledged that — even though almost 14—000 british even though almost 14000 british nationals and eligible afghans have been airlifted out — it hadn't been possible to remove everyone. graham satchell has the latest. for hour after hour, well into the night, the wounded were rushed to hospital. the chaos of the last week in kabul turned to carnage. some arrived by ambulance, some in cars, some in wheelbarrows. afghans who had hoped to escape to a better life.