this evening, news that the last soldiers and british diplomats have now left. in all, there were over 100 raf flights. the end of a 20 year campaign that was not supposed to finish like this. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absolutely that heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out, and that point has been made very strongly, certainly by the defence secretary and others over the last ten days or so. personally, i ve probably had over 100 messages from different afghans who i know in my long association with the country, and many of those, friends of mine, won t make it out. and for me, not a day passes without me having a bit of a tear in my eye about all of that. day after day, british personnel have been processing afghans desperate to escape. altogether, more than 15,000 people have been brought out by the raf, british nationals and afghans who d worked with the uk, along with theirfamilies. but hundreds have not been able to
in all, there were over 100 raf flights. the end of a 20 year campaign that was not supposed to finish like this. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absolutely that heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out, and that point has been made very strongly, certainly by the defence secretary and others over the last ten days or so. personally, i ve probably had over 100 messages from different afghans who i know in my long association with the country, and many of those, friends of mine, won t make it out. and for me, not a day passes without me having a bit of a tear in my eye about all of that. day after day, british personnel have been processing afghans desperate to escape. altogether, more than 15,000 people have been brought out by the raf, british nationals and afghans who d worked with the uk, along with theirfamilies. but hundreds have not been able to reach the airport, afghans whose lives are now at grave risk. it s time to clo
in all, there were over 100 raf flights. the end of a 20 year campaign that was not supposed to finish like this. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absolutely that heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out, and that point has been made very strongly, certainly by the defence secretary and others over the last ten days or so. personally, i ve probably had over 100 messages from different afghans who i know in my long association with the country, and many of those, friends of mine, won t make it out. and for me, not a day passes without me having a bit of a tear in my eye about all of that. day after day, british personnel have been processing afghans desperate to escape. altogether, more than 15,000 people have been brought out by the raf, british nationals and afghans who d worked with the uk, along with theirfamilies. but hundreds have not been able to reach the airport, afghans whose lives are now at grave risk.
into kabul to get people out. us troops provided security for an unprecedented international rescue mission. the last british plane carrying civilians flew out of kabul this morning. this evening, news that the last soldiers and british diplomats have now left. in all, there were over 100 raf flights. the end of a 20 year campaign that was not supposed to finish like this. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absolutely that heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out, and that point has been made very strongly, certainly by the defence secretary and others over the last ten days or so. personally, i ve probably had over 100 messages from different afghans who i know in my long association with the country, and many of those, friends of mine, won t make it out. and for me, not a day passes without me having a bit of a tear in my eye about all of that. day after day, british personnel have been processing afghans desperate to escape. alt
the last soldiers and british diplomats have now left. in all, there were over 100 raf flights. the end of a 20 year campaign that was not supposed to finish like this. we ve done an extraordinaryjob to evacuate as many as we have, but i m afraid it s absolutely that heartbreaking that we can t bring everybody out, and that point has been made very strongly, certainly by the defence secretary and others over the last ten days or so. personally, i ve probably had over 100 messages from different afghans who i know in my long association with the country, and many of those, friends of mine, won t make it out. and for me, not a day passes without me having a bit of a tear in my eye about all of that. day after day, british personnel have been processing afghans desperate to escape. altogether, more than 15,000 people have been brought out by the raf, british nationals and afghans who d worked with the uk, along with theirfamilies. but hundreds have not been able to reach the airport, afgh