The Guardian: West has two weeks to complete Afghanistan evacuation, say sources
UK defence secretary has conceded Britain will not be able to extract all eligible Afghan allies from country
The UK defence secretary has admitted “some people will not get back” as Britain tries to evacuate Afghan allies from Kabul, along with its own citizens, and as government sources suggested the west had just two weeks to facilitate departures.
Ben Wallace appeared to hold back tears as he spoke about the effort to repatriate Britons and process visas for Afghan interpreters and other staff following the Taliban takeover.
The US has said it will withdraw all forces by the end of the month, which one Whitehall source said would be the deadline in practice for the UK to manage departures from the country.
The UK ambassador to Afghanistan, Sir Laurie Bristow, was due to be airlifted out of the country over the weekend, but will stay in Kabul airport personally signing visa applications.
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WNU Editor: I do not know if these reports are true. But if they are true, it looks like the Biden administration wants two weeks so that they can announce at the end of the month that they have withdrawn from Afghanistan as President Biden had originally promised.
