UK pledges to evacuate 311 Afghan support staff – Times of India

LONDON: Britain said on Monday it would do its best to rescue more than 300 Afghans who helped its armed forces but are now dying under the new law. Taliban Governance.
Prime Minister addressing the Parliament boris johnson Failed to answer the question of how many British-Afghans remained after a western airlift was quickly eliminated.
thousands made of it Kabul on the pack Royal Air Force plane, but they said 311 people were left behind who are eligible for UKof the Afghan Rehabilitation and Assistance Policy, such as interpreters.
“We will do everything we can to make sure those people have the safe passage they deserve,” Johnson said.
The airlift was “one of the most spectacular operations in our country’s post-war history”, he said, vowing a “similar effort” to home and educate Afghans arriving in Britain.
Johnson called for the Taliban to honor commitments, to allow those who wish to leave, and to respect women’s rights, if militias want to gain access to billions of dollars in Afghan funds frozen abroad.
Speaking ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Saturday al Qaeda, Prime Minister presses to stop Taliban specifically Afghanistan It has become a base for extremists to carry out attacks abroad.
Johnson defended UK and Western intervention in 2001 against critics, including his Conservative Party, who say the Taliban’s triumphant return to power shows the effort was in vain.
He said that later this month, he would press on United Nations General Assembly For a consensus on holding Islamists accountable in New York.
“We will judge the Taliban by their actions, not their words – and will use every economic, political and diplomatic lever to protect our countries from harm and help the Afghan people,” the UK leader said.

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