Columns of Afghan soldiers in armored vehicles and pickup trucks sped through the desert to reach Iran. Military pilots flew low and fast to the safety of Uzbekistan’s mountains.
Even as the U.S. and its allies continued the scramble to evacuate citizens and their Afghan associates from Kabul, a confidential United Nations assessment is warning that the Taliban are intensifying efforts to hunt down Afghans who worked with American and NATO forces over the past two decades and that the militants have threatened to kill or arrest their family members if the people being sought cannot be found.
Columns of Afghan soldiers in armoured vehicles and pickup trucks sped through the desert to reach Iran. Military pilots flew low and fast to the safety of Uzbekistan's mountains.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
James Heappey, the UK armed forces minister, admitted today that Britain will not evacuate everyone it has promised to help from Afghanistan before the air bridge at Kabul airport closes.