British troops have rescued a total of more than 12,000 people from Afghanistan, according to the UK armed forces minister, including nearly 2,000 in the past 24 hours. The evacuation mission is entering its final days and hours, as troops prepare to wind up operations and get themselves out before the Aug. 31 deadline. About 1,000 Afghans who have been authorised to come to the UK are still estimated to remain in Kabul. Armed forces minister James Heappey said that since Aug. 13 the UK has airlifted 12,279 people out of Afghanistan. That includes 1,988 people on eight RAF flights in the past 24 hours. Eleven more flights are scheduled out of Kabul today, he said. PA news agency reported that on Aug. 25 nearly 2,000 Afghans authorised for UK evacuation under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy were still estimated to be stuck in Kabul. But Heappey said the …
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