BBCNEWS BBC News August 17, 2021 09:11:00
That the situation has calmed, there has been an increase in us and uk forces, including crowd control, because we have seen ordinary afghans heading for the exits given the taliban takeover, it is crucial be stabilising to allow the airport to operate functionally, both for afghans and british afghans who wish to leave and also the afghan translators and many other workers who served us loyally. so the situation is calmer, allowing us to ramp up a number of flights and people that can come out. we expect 350 british nationals and those afghan workers to be able to leave in the next 2a hours, ...