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Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Dr Moeed Yusuf has warned Boris Johnson that the UK will face a bigger terror threat than before a result of Western forces pulling out of Afghanistan in about 5 days’ time. US president has confirmed that US troops will evacuate no later than August 31 with no extensions. The British Government has been continuing the evacuation of British nationals and Afghans seeking to escape to the UK but London has been warned time is running out to get people out of the country.
Dr Yusuf said that it’s important that there is no security vacuum left in Afghanistan, which could allow terrorist groups to take hold.
He told BBC News: “Please, don’t overshadow the mistakes that have been made just by turning a blind eye to what will happen next when we leave.
“History will not forgive us.
“And the security vacuum, mind you, will end up with the same results for the West than it did last time.
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The Pakistani official continued: “And the UK is much more vulnerable than the US and others.
“So I don’t understand why we keep talking about Afghans as commodities, or there’s going to be a humanitarian crisis.”
He added: “No, we must avoid it. We must do it together.”
The United States has warned crowds trying to access Kabul airport to leave the area, as Britain, Australia, and New Zealand were alerted of a terrorist attack.
Canadian forces halted their evacuations of around 3,700 Canadian and Afghan citizens on Thursday, saying they had stayed as long as they could. U.S. and allied troops also have to plan the logistics of their own withdrawal.
“We wish we could have stayed longer and rescued everyone,” acting chief of the defence staff General Wayne Eyre told reporters.
In an alert on Wednesday, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul advised citizens to avoid travelling to the airport and said those already at the gates should leave immediately, citing unspecified “security threats”.
In another advisory, Britain told people to move away from the airport area.
British Armed Forces minister, James Heappey, said intelligence about a possible suicide bomb attack by IS militants had become “much firmer”.
Mr Heappey told the BBC: “The threat is credible, it is imminent, it is lethal. We wouldn’t be saying this if we weren’t genuinely concerned about offering Islamic State a target that is just unimaginable.”
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