British and American troops join forces as Kabul airport safety perimeter extended

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British and American forces working together at Kabul Airport, with the scenes outside the besieged airport growing ever more desperate.

US forces have expanded their perimeter around Kabul airport as part of their efforts to accelerate evacuations.

Thousands of Afghans are still gathered at the airport to try to escape the Taliban.

The UK Government is now preparing for thousands of Afghans to try to flee the Taliban through its land borders into countries such as Pakistan, Iran and several former Soviet states around Afghanistan.

The US military had resorted to dispatching helicopters into the Afghan capital to ferry terrified evacuees unable to reach the terminal.

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