UK minister warns of credible reports of an attack threat as Danish minister says it’s no longer safe to fly; France says evacuations will end Friday
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The Dutch government expects to run its last evacuation flight out of Afghanistan today, it said in a letter to parliament, Reuters reports.
It said:
The Netherlands has been informed by the United States that it has to depart today and will most likely perform the last flights later today.
This is a painful moment because it means that despite all the great efforts of the past period, people who are eligible for evacuation to the Netherlands will be left behind.
Colonel Richard Kemp, former head of British forces in Afghanistan, said the threat of a terrorist attack at Kabul airport “has existed right the way from when this evacuation began”.
He told BBC Breakfast:
That threat of terrorist attack, whether it’s from Taliban, the Islamic State, or al Qaida, it could equally be all three of those groups.
The fact that people are talking about Islamic State doesn’t make that the most likely threat.
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