During the stampede to get out of Afghanistan after the arrival of the "Taliban"

Johnson preferred to evacuate cats and dogs instead of humans

Johnson tried to evade the accusations and considered them "unfounded".

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The British opposition accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of directing the evacuation of 200 dogs and cats from Afghanistan, after the "Taliban" movement entered the Afghan capital, Kabul. "Taliban". Johnson responded to these accusations last Tuesday, noting that they were "unfounded." But on the same day, a prominent opposition lawmaker delivered a letter from one of Johnson's top aides, indicating that Johnson had "authorized" the animals to be evacuated. Labor MP Chris Bryant accused 10 Downing Street of "covering up" the prime minister's role in the operation, which occurred at a time when thousands of vulnerable Afghans were scrambling for their lives and fleeing the country in fear of the Taliban.

At the height of that crisis, Paul Ben Farthing, a former RMC who ran the Afghan animal charity Nawzad, organized a high-profile social media campaign urging British and Taliban officials to give his staff and animals safe passage to the airport. Kabul.

Farthing finally arrived in London on August 29 on a private charter flight with his animals, and the Nawzads later managed to escape the country, Farthing said.

The British Defense Secretary, Ben Wallace, criticized the social media campaign, noting that "the process of transporting animals is very time-consuming" in the midst of a humanitarian crisis.

Johnson has denied interfering in the case, but a message from a lawmaker, who is also a top aide to the prime minister, suggests he played some role in that process.

In some August 25 correspondence with Farthing, MP Trudy Harrison wrote that she had received assurance from various British government agencies that Farthing, his staff, dependents and animals would be allowed to enter Kabul airport, and leave on planes, according to Labor lawmaker Bryant, Who read the letter in Parliament.

The letter said the animals would be evacuated on a separate flight which would give the British Ministry of Defense a period of departure for them.

"The prime minister's fingers are everywhere, right?" Bryant told officials, adding that he was reluctant to use the phrase "cover-up," but that's what it looks like.

London has withdrawn the animals, leaving tens of thousands of Afghans and their families, who may be eligible for resettlement, according to testimony given by a whistleblower to Parliament.

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