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On Friday, the UK Defence Ministry said that animal rescuer Pen Farthing, along with dozens of cats and dogs, left the Kabul airport after a charter flight was cleared...

Ministers and Whitehall officials have accused the Foreign Office of negligence in preparing escape routes and claimed 9,000 people who could have been eligible for rescue will be left behind.

Pen Farthing’s decision to airlift animals rather than humans to safety has been met with condemnation.

Paul “Pen” Farthing and his animals took off from Kabul late Saturday after a saga that gripped and divided Britain, raising difficult questions about the relative value placed on human and animal lives.

Pen Farthing was told it was not possible to find people to fill the seats on a privately funded charter flight.

Pen Farthing was told it was not possible to find people to fill the seats on a privately funded charter flight.

Pen Farthing was told it was not possible to find people to fill the seats on a privately funded charter flight.

The ex-Royal Marine Commando is understood to have landed in London Heathrow Airport from Kabul early this morning before taking a connecting flight to Oslo to see his wife Kaisa Markhus.

Pen Farthing was told it was not possible to find people to fill the seats on a privately funded charter flight.

A former British Royal Marine who waged a high-profile campaign to leave Kabul with almost 200 rescued dogs and cats has flown to safety