Calls Suicide Bombings A Barbaric Act, British PM: We Will Complete The Evacuation, Only A Few Hours Left

JAKARTA - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his party would continue the evacuation process from Kabul airport, Afghanistan, despite two shocks that rocked the area near the airport yesterday.

Two suicide bombings took place near Kabul airport, killing about 85 people, including 13 US soldiers and 28 Taliban members, with ISIS claiming responsibility for the blasts.

Responding to the suicide bombing attack which he called a barbaric act, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the evacuation process carried out by his country would be continued. The British Ministry of Defense said so far there had been no British military or civilian casualties as a result of the attack.

"The terror threat is one of the obstacles. We were ready for it, we were ready for it. And I want to stress, we will continue with that operation, we are now nearing the end," said PM Johnson quoting Sky News Friday, August 27.

"But, clearly, what this attack shows is the importance of continuing that work as quickly and efficiently as possible in the hours that are left to us, and that is exactly what we will do."

Johnson said the conclusion of the COBRA committee meeting was that the evacuation program should continue 'the way we have done it, according to the schedule we have'.

"That's what we're going to do because most of those who qualify have now been extracted from Afghanistan," Johnson said.

"We're going to work hard, the military, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs team, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Border Force teams that are there to help people as quickly as possible.

"We will keep going up until the very last moment, but I want to reiterate what I have said over the last few days. We also fully hope that those who wish to leave Afghanistan after this first phase, if you will, are allowed to do so by the Taliban, " he said.

PM Johnson said Britain's immediate priority was to complete this evacuation process, but then things would move into a "second phase" where the G7 countries and NATO would "engage with the Taliban to try to get the political process going. more inclusive, inclusive and representative government for Afghanistan".

Separately, the British evacuation mission at Kabul airport was hours away, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said. It said no more people were called after the closure of the main processing center at the Baron Hotel near Kabul airport.

"We at 4.30 this morning, UK time, closed the Baron Hotel, closed the processing center and the gates closed at Abbey Gate. We will be processing the people we brought in, about 1,000 people at the airport now," he said.

"We're going to figure out how to continue to find some people in the crowd where we can, but overall the main processing is now shut down. and we've got a few hours. The sad fact is that not everyone will come out. The threat will obviously grow the closer we get to it." to go," Wallace said.

He added that he had allowed relaxation of regulations on the number of 'to take people in' on the last flight out.