UK getting 1,000 out a day from Afghanistan, interior minister says
"We're still bringing out British nationals... and those Afghan nationals who are part of our locally employed scheme."
Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel speaks during a news conference about the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain January 21, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Britain has managed to remove around 1,000 people a day from Afghanistan after the Taliban seized control of the country, interior minister Priti Patel said on Wednesday.
"We have been getting out approximately 1,000 people, so far, a day," she told BBC TV.
"We're still bringing out British nationals... and those Afghan nationals who are part of our locally employed scheme."
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