The rescue of thousands of British civilians from the violence in Sudan could be more dangerous and difficult than the chaotic airlift that unfolded in Kabul after the Taliban seized the Afghan capital.
The stark warning from senior British officials came as an RAF C-17 aircraft landed in Port Sudan for troops to carry out reconnaissance for the extraction of around 4,000 people who have been stranded in the country since lethal strife erupted between the forces of two rival military strongmen.
