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From: kidl	8/25/2021 12:49:05 PM
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Afghanistan: Charter flight rescues dogs and cats from Kabul shelter Former British soldier Paul Farthing fought to save his employees and animals. 200 dogs and cats are to be flown out. AP/Justin Tallis British Air Force aircraft with evacuated local forces from Afghanistan. London - After days of debate, the British government has approved a rescue flight for dogs and cats from a Kabul shelter from the airport of the Afghan capital. "If he comes with his animals, we will find a slot for his plane," British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace wrote on Twitter on Wednesday about Paul Farthing, a former soldier who looked after a shelter for dogs and cats in Kabul. Farthing now wants to use a chartered plane to enable around 140 dogs and 60 cats to leave the country together with his Afghan employees and their families. He emphasized that he did not want to leave the country without his employees or the animals. According to Farthing, the British government had already issued visas to all employees of the Nowzad association and their family members on Monday. There are a total of 68 people. Wallace had declared on Tuesday that he would not give "animals priority over desperate men, women and children knocking on the door". No one should push ahead in a humanitarian crisis. For this, the Defense Minister had to take harsh criticism from animal rights activists. Now the turning point followed. Experts stressed that the rescue is also a humanitarian mission. Farthing fought for days on social media to save his employees and the animals. He received a lot of encouragement. He told Sky News that he was now waiting for the signal to take off for the privately chartered aircraft. He had received "no confirmation" that he and his employees would not be turned away at the airport. The situation remains uncertain. Thousands of Afghans have been crowding for days at the airport of the Afghan capital Kabul, which is secured by around 6,000 US soldiers. The UK has so far brought more than 10,200 people out of the country. Western forces want to leave Afghanistan from August 31. (Translated from German)

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