Afghans Who Helped British Forces To Be Offered Indefinite Leave To Stay In UK
Eligible former Afghan staff and their families will be given indefinite leave to remain, as opposed to five years' temporary residency.
Eligible former Afghan staff and their families will be given indefinite leave to remain, as opposed to five years' temporary residency.
The Prime Minister's special representative for Afghan transition is meeting with "senior Taliban representatives".
US President Joe Biden said his administration was ready when the US-backed government in Kabul collapsed in mid-August.
It comes as an extra £2.7m worth of funding has been announced by the government for veteran mental health services.
Veterans' groups are campaigning to help people who made it onto evacuation flights, but left everything they had, behind.
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Tony Radakin has issued a statement on the UK withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston said: "If there's an opportunity for us to contribute I am in no doubt that we will be ready to."
Hours ahead of President Joe Biden's deadline for shutting down a final airlift, planes carried troops from Kabul airport.
99 Squadron said the normal limit for persons on board (POB) is a total of 138.
Mr Farthing has apologised for the "incredibly embarrassing" language he used in a voicemail to a Government aide.
Hundreds of Afghan commandos who have arrived in the UK could form a new regiment, similar to the Gurkhas.
There have been fears for the potentially thousands of Afghans who could not make it to Kabul airport in time for evacuation.
The final UK troops and diplomatic personnel left Kabul on Saturday night, ending 20 years of British military involvement in Afghanistan.
Another attack struck a neighbourhood northwest of Kabul's international airport, killing a child.
The US State Department issued a new security alert telling people to leave the airport area immediately.
As the final British troops left Afghanistan, the PM said the "central mission" in the country over the last 20 years had been accomplished.