'If you want to withdraw from a country, you don't pull out the military first and then allow civilians to leave.' Tobias Ellwood says the United Nations 'must be brought in immediately' before 'complete disorder breaks down' in Afghanistan. Latest:
The MoD said in a statement on Sunday that"conditions on the ground remain extremely challenging but we are doing everything we can to manage the situation as safely and securely as possible".UK paratroopers began pulling people from the mayhem
before medics checked vital signs of those left on the floor after a crush and then covered bodies in white sheets. British soldiers have been inside the airport boundary attempting to help evacuate British people and Afghans with the right to come to the UK. Thousands of people gathered outside the gates of the Hamid Karzai International Airport trying to escape from the country, fearful about what would happen following the Taliban's lightning takeover of the country.
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