Ex-army chief: We must help

A former head of the Army has urged Britain to consider launching a humanitarian aid operation to alleviate the growing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

Lord Dannatt, who was Chief of the General Staff from 2006 to 2009, said: “It is OK to extract our British citizens. What about mounting a humanitarian operation in Kabul to look after some of the refugees, to build some camps, bring in some humanitarian supplies?

“There may come a moment when our last troops have to go but until that point, let us do what we can to help with the humanitarian crisis, even if we’ve given up on the military side.”