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UK foreign minister says 13 more Britons evacuated from Kabul

Published 09/09/2021, 18:14
Updated 09/09/2021, 18:15
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab looks on during a visit of Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Crisis Centre in London, Britain August 27, 2021.  Jeff Gilbert/Pool via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Thursday that 13 British citizens had been able to leave Afghanistan bound for Qatar.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab looks on during a visit of Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Crisis Centre in London, Britain August 27, 2021.  Jeff Gilbert/Pool via REUTERS

"We are grateful to our Qatari friends for facilitating a flight carrying 13 British nationals from Kabul to safety in Doha today," Raab said in a statement.

"We expect the Taliban to keep to their commitment to allow safe passage for those who want to leave," he added.

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