Afghanistan: UK nationals warned to not journey to Kabul airport – BBC Newsnight
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Individuals in Afghanistan ought to avoid Kabul airport because of a “excessive menace of a terrorist assault”, the UK Overseas Workplace has warned.
In new recommendation, the FCDO informed anybody within the space to “transfer away to a secure location and await additional recommendation”.
US President Joe Biden has warned of a bunch linked to Islamic State that’s in search of to focus on the airport.
It comes amid a race to evacuate 1000’s from Kabul forward of the 31 August deadline when troops will go away.
Within the replace issued on Wednesday night (25 August 2021), the FCDO warned Britons there was “an ongoing and excessive menace of terrorist assault”, and that travelling by highway was “extraordinarily harmful”, with individuals alleged to have been “mistreated” on their option to the airport.
The BBC’s Lyse Doucet is dwell from Kabul and Newsnight’s David Grossman reviews.
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