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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Patrick Daly

UK forces evacuating people from Afghanistan feared they ‘may not return home’

PA Media

Armed forces personnel have spoken of their fear that they might not return home from Afghanistan as they worked in chaotic conditions during the allied withdrawal nearly two years ago.

The Taliban seized power in a lightning offensive across the Central Asia country in August 2021 as US and Nato troops were in the final weeks of their withdrawal from the country after two decades of war.

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