Royal Marine Pen Farthing tweets Taliban for safe passage to Kabul airport - The Times

A former Royal Marine who is trying to rescue 173 cats and dogs from Kabul has pleaded with the Taliban to let his staff into the airport.

Paul Farthing, known as Pen, said the team of Nowzad charity workers had been stuck outside for ten hours despite assurances from Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, that they would be able to fly out on a chartered plane.

He appealed directly to Suhail Shaheen, the Taliban spokesman, in a tweet this morning. “Dear Sir, my team and my animals are stuck at airport circle. We have a flight waiting. Can you please facilitate safe passage into the airport for our convoy? We are an NGO who will come back to Afghanistan but right now I want to

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2021-08-26 08:20:00Z
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