The final UK evacuation flight purely for Afghan nationals has left Kabul airport, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Any further flights which will now leave Kabul under the UK’s evacuation operation will have UK diplomatic and military personnel on board. The Ministry of Defence confirmed that the final flight purely for evacuations under Operation Pitting had departed from Kabul. It comes as British ambassador to Afghanistan Sir Laurie Bristow said it was “time to close this phase” of the evacuation effort. “Thursday’s terrorist attack was a reminder of the difficult and dangerous conditions in which Operation Pitting has been done.

Source: Huffington Post August 28, 2021 12:37 UTC