UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday said that the country will work with the Taliban if necessary and situation arise, reported Reuters. He also defended his foreign minister who is being widely criticised for his handling of the situation.

“What I want to assure people is that our political and diplomatic efforts to find a solution for Afghanistan, working with the Taliban, of course, if necessary, will go on,” Johnson told media.

Johnson also addressed the evacuation crisis at the Kabul airport and said that the situation there is getting slightly better. The Kabul airport has thronged with the Afghan masses seeking evacuation from the war-torn country.

Recently, disturbing footage and images emerged from Kabul where thousands of people were seen flocking to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in the capital in a desperate attempt to fly out of Afghanistan.

Visuals from the airport, showing hordes of people rushing to board flights, had become a representation of the desperation and fear in people of the country.  

Meanwhile, about the British evacuation operation, Johnson announced that the country has successfully evacuated 1,615 people since Saturday, including 399 British nationals and their dependants, 320 embassy staff, and 402 Afghans.

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On being asked about his faith in Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who has been facing flak and demands of resignation from opponents for the mishandling of the Afghanistan situation, Borish said, ” I have absolute faith in his competence.”

Recently, a British student by the name of  Miles Routledge, who went to Afghanistan on a holiday before the Taliban coup, has safely been evacuated by the British authorities. The man went viral on social media after he posted constant updates of his trip. 

Routledge was also widely criticised for his wrong choice of destination and making fun of a serious crisis by a section of social media users.

Coming back to the Taliban crisis, the militant group took control of Afghanistan last week after the resignation of President Ashraf Ghani. This came after the group entered the outskirts of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul but assured a peaceful transfer of power.