Briton can evacuate 200 dogs and cats from Kabul, UK rules

By AFP
August 26, 2021

LONDON: The British owner of an animal shelter in Afghanistan will be allowed to evacuate around 200 cats and dogs on a charter plane from Kabul, the UK’s defence minister said on Wednesday in an apparent climbdown.

The high-profile campaign by former Marine Paul "Pen" Farthing to evacuate his animals has prompted controversy as thousands of people seek to flee the Taliban ahead of United States troops’ withdrawal by August 31.