UK servicemen began landing in Afghanistan to support evacuation from the country of their fellow citizens. This is stated in a statement issued by the press service of the UK Ministry of Defense.
In the letter it is reported that Prime Minister Boris Johnson approved the use of military support for help from Afghanistan British subjects. If necessary, the prime minister allowed to use the aircraft of the Royal Air Force.
Military operation received the name “Pitting”. To lead it will be the permanent joint headquarters in Northwood (the headquarters of the British Armed Forces in the suburb of London). In total, the United Kingdom will send about 600 military to Afghanistan to facilitate the evacuation of their citizens and who worked with them Afghan specialists.
“Over the next few weeks, we will do everything possible to support the Afghan government and those who have worked with us for more than 20 years,” the document says.
It is reported that a group of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the United Kingdom will be sent to Kabul, which will have to help British diplomats in the design of visas for leaving the country of Afghans. According to the head of the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain Ben Wallace, under the program of resettlement of Afghan translators and consultants to the kingdom, more than 5 thousand people fall.
Previously, the transfer of additional forces to Kabul began the United States. According to the press secretary of Pentagon John Kirby, some elements of one of the infantry battalions of the marine infantry hull are already in Kabul, and the main part of the contingent, consisting of three thousand American servicemen, will be transferred to Afghanistan until the end of the weekend.