Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing The Prime Minister is due to chair a Cobra meeting this afternoon to discuss the ongoing situation in Afghanistan, No 10 has confirmed.
It comes amid a desperate struggle to get UK nationals and local allies out of the country, which has fallen to the Taliban following the withdrawal of Western troops, continues.
Boris Johnson also chaired a meeting of the government’s Cobra contingencies committee over the weekend. Afterwards, he said the UK was determined to work with allies to prevent the country again becoming a “breeding ground for terror”. READ MORE: Student, 21, 'stuck in Afghanistan' after trip to visit 'worst places in world' President Ashraf
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