back home, ahmed is a keen cricketer who has lived in liverpool for the past 15 years. his friends and team—mates are extremely worried for his safety. as a uk passport holder and he has been here for many years, he is obviously westernised and i think that really does stick out, more so than anything else in afghanistan. i think that he is obviously a target. andrew is in regular contact with ahmed and is lobbying the government to speed up their plans to help uk citizens and afghans escape. we are just worried day—to—day and then we are happy every day that he sends us a message to say that he is safe and that kind of reassures us, but also i think we are giving him that reassurance that we are trying to do everything we can from our aspect as well. the foreign secretary has said the number of uk nationals still in afghanistan is now in the low hundreds and they are committed to getting those who have been left behind out of the country. for ahmed and his family,