Brit ex-soldier launches daring plan to help 400 Afghans get out of the country
dailystar.co.ukDaily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A former British soldier has plotted a daring escape route across Taliban-controlled Afghanistan as part of a desperate bid to get himself and 400 other people to safety.Ben Slater, 37, who used to serve in the Royal Military Police and subsequently ran a business in Kabul, said he had been left no choice but to hatch the escape plan after he claimed the UK had failed to secure visas for him and his 50 staff, who are mostly Afghan women.Ben has told the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence about his plan in the hope that they’ll be able to step in when they reach the border.He told the Telegraph he’d already helped dozens of people get out of Afghanistan ahead of the fall of Kabul,.
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