The first group of embassy staff and British nationals arrived at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire last night, following an SAS-backed rescue mission - dubbed Op Pitting .
Thousands of Afghans have rushed onto the tarmac of Kabul’s international airport, so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held.
A U.S. official said troops had fired in the air to deter people trying to force their way onto a military flight that was set to take U.S diplomats and embassy staff out of the fallen city of Kabul.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) The U.S. military took over Afghanistan’s airspace on Monday as it struggled to manage a chaotic evacuation after the Taliban rolled into the capital, as the militants tried to project calm amid widespread fears of unrest. The Taliban swept into the capital on Sunday after the Western-backed government collapsed and President […]