Overwhelming majority airlifted from Afghanistan: Boris Johnson

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that the “overwhelming majority” of people eligible for evacuation from Kabul airport have now left Afghanistan.

Johnson also reiterated that the UK government will do “everything we can” to get those remaining out of the country soon after warnings were issued of an “imminent” and “very lethal” terrorist attack from an



Islamic State (ISIS) Afghanistan affiliate dubbed Islamic State Khorasan or ISIS-K.

Speaking to reporters during a visit to British military’s Permanent Joint Headquarters in north London to meet troops involved in evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, Johnson said, “around 15,000” people have already been evacuated by British troops.