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Aug 18, 2021, 8 tweets

#BREAKING UK has evacuated 2,052 Afghans so far: PM Boris Johnson

#BREAKING Judge the Taliban on their actions, not words: UK PM Johnson

#UPDATE Britain has helped more than 2,000 Afghans to flee #Afghanistan in recent days, Prime Minister #BorisJohnson told MPs in parliament Wednesday, as he warned the Taliban must be judged "on actions, not words" u.afp.com/UKrV

#UPDATE With the Taliban largely in control of #Afghanistan, foreign nations are scrambling to get their citizens and Afghans who worked with them out of the country.
A round-up of the latest developments: u.afp.com/UKHf

#BREAKING EU, US 'deeply worried about Afghan women and girls': statement

#BREAKING Afghan president Ashraf Ghani in Abu Dhabi: UAE government

#UPDATE The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday that it is hosting former Afghan president #AshrafGhani "on humanitarian grounds", after he fled his country amid a Taliban takeover u.afp.com/UK9i

#BREAKING EU needs to take in Afghans under 'immediate threat': commissioner for home affairs

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