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U.K. Troops Evacuate Eligible Afghans From Kabul for British Resettlement
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1:22Now PlayingBritain's Ministry of Defence released images showing the evacuation on Sunday of Afghan civilians en route to the UK.
The images released on Monday showed a group of Afghans who were eligible to come to Britain under the government's fast-track resettlement scheme that aims to help those who are seen as under threat from the Taliban because of their link with the UK.
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who served as a captain in the Scots Guard before entering politics in the late 1990s, has in recent days voiced regret at the sudden seizure of Afghanistan by Taliban militants.
Wallace last week authorized the deployment of another 600 British troops to Afghanistan to help in the evacuation of the 4,000 or so U.K. nationals and Afghan allies who have helped over the past 20 years.
The first flight of British nationals and embassy staff arrived at RAF Brize Norton, around 75 miles (120 kilometres) northwest of London, on Sunday night.
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