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The UK has "hours now, not weeks" to evacuate people from Afghanistan, the defence secretary has said. Ben Wallace said troops would leave Kabul's airport when the US withdrew, which is due to happen on 31 August.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will personally ask US President Joe Biden during the virtual summit of G7 leaders to extend the time limit for US troops to remain at Kabul airport beyond August 31, British media reported today.more

Seven Afghan civilians have died in the pressing crowd trying to reach Kabul airport, the British Defense Ministry said yesterday, adding that conditions on the ground were "extremely difficult".more

The main goal of the mission in Afghanistan, which was to remove al-Qaeda from it, has been achieved, and it was not possible to continue without the US, said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He also stressed that Taliban rule should be judged by their actions, not by words.more

Two Polish women, including one with her husband, flew from Afghanistan on an allied plane; one journalist refused to board the plane, but we will convince her to return by Polish plane, said the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Marcin Przydacz.more

The US withdrawal from Afghanistan proves that President Joe Biden is more concerned with domestic affairs than with defending freedom in the world and that their allies must take this into account, concludes the British daily "The Times".more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to host a virtual meeting of G7 leaders to tackle the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and has stepped up efforts to evacuate UK nationals and others from Kabul.more

The UK will be sending a further 200 troops to Kabul to speed up efforts to evacuate British citizens and local allies from Afghanistan, after the Taliban swept across the country, securing near-total control.more

Now I have to burn everything that I have achieved in 24 years of my life - says a female student from Kabul University after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan. Her report was published yesterday by British "The Guardian".more

The regaining of power in Afghanistan by the Taliban is the greatest disaster of US foreign policy in almost 50 years, and the human cost of this error for Afghans will be enormous and unstoppable, reports the British press today.more

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in touch with Poles in Afghanistan and is taking steps to urgently evacuate them," said Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz today on Twitter. According to him, in recent months many people working for a democratic Afghanistan have been evacuated with the support of the institutions of the Polish state.more

British forces going back to Afghanistan is "not on the cards", Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has told Sky News. Mr Wallace said it was not yet the right time to decide on whether to recognise the Taliban as the Afghan government.more

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said no one wants Afghanistan to become a "breeding ground for terror", as the Taliban enters capital Kabul.more

Boris Johnson has said the UK can be "extremely proud" of its role in Afghanistan, despite the situation in the country having "deteriorated". The UK will evacuate the "vast bulk" of its embassy staff in the coming days as the Taliban continues to advance.more

Afghanistan is "heading towards civil war" as the UK prepares to withdraw its citizens, allies and troops, the defence secretary has said. Ben Wallace told BBC Breakfast that it was likely that poverty and terrorism would increase in the country.more

The conflict in Afghanistan is threatening the emergence of a new wave of refugees from that country who will seek shelter, among others in European Union countries - warned yesterday a high-ranking representative of the European Commission, quoted by the AFP agency.more

The Army has been put on standby to deliver supplies to supermarkets as Britain faces a shortage of 100,000 truck drivers. more

North Korea continued to develop nuclear and ballistic missile programs in the first half of 2021 in violation of international sanctions and despite the country's worsening economic situation, Reuters reported yesterday, citing a confidential UN report.more

Female soldiers will be able to ditch the bun for the first time as part of new hair rules that allow plaits and cornrows to reflect the military’s "diverse" forces. more

The campaign of the Swedish army, displaying a rainbow flag held by a soldier, caused controversy in Sweden. The advertisement appeared in connection with the Pride week of the LGBT community, which started yesterday in Stockholm.more

The UK and Iran have summoned each other's diplomats in a row over last week's deadly attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman. The UK, US and Israel blame Iran for the attack, in which two crew members - a Briton and a Romanian - were killed.more

The UK and US believe Iran was behind a tanker attack that killed two people, and have vowed to respond, calling it a violation of international law. The MV Mercer Street, operated by an Israeli-owned firm, was attacked off Oman on Thursday. A British national and a Romanian citizen were killed.more

Russia and China are reckless in space and their anti-satellite weapons tests are cause for concern, said British Air Force Commander Marshal Mike Wigston.more

The Russian navy can detect any enemy and launch an "unpreventable strike" if needed, President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday, weeks after a UK warship angered Moscow by passing the Crimea peninsula.more

Coronavirus outbreaks have already been detected on both British aircraft carriers. Two days after it was confirmed that there were about 100 infections on HMS Queen Elizabeth, it turned out that the coronavirus was present on HMS Prince of Wales, the Sun reported yesterday evening.more