The Papers: ‘Bloodbath at Kabul airport’
Reports of the twin bomb attacks in Afghanistan’s capital feature across the front pages, alongside some dramatic photographs. …
Anthony Loyd writes that he found the papers identifying seven Afghans as Taliban fighters patrolled the embassy. Such was the British surprise at the speed of the capture of Kabul – he says – that the embassy’s evacuation protocols, necessitating the shredding and destruction of all data that could compromise local Afghan staff, appears to have broken down.
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