Ending evacuation from Afghanistan is ‘heartbreaking’, UK armed forces chief says
Nick Carter highlights challenging judgments that have had to be made on the ground in Kabul
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Civilian evacuations from Afghanistan will finish on Saturday, the head of the UK armed forces, Gen Sir Nick Carter, has said.
With very few civilian flights remaining, Carter said it was heartbreaking that the evacuation had failed to get everybody out.