Afghanistan evacuations: Britain says last civilian flight to depart today

Britain on Saturday said that their last flight carrying civilians out of Afghanistan would depart today and the country’s troops would be evacuated using the remaining aircraft. The country’s chief of the defence staff General Nick Carter said that hundreds of Afghan nationals who are eligible for resettlement in the UK are likely to be left behind.

The remarks from the armed forces chief came a day after Britain’s defence minister Ben Wallace on Friday said that the country is entering “the final hours” of its evacuation in Kabul and would only process people who were already inside the airport.