{"id":97153,"date":"2023-08-15T21:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ministers-urged-not-to-abandon-afghans-on-anniversary-of-taliban-takeover-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T21:00:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:00:17","slug":"ministers-urged-not-to-abandon-afghans-on-anniversary-of-taliban-takeover-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ministers-urged-not-to-abandon-afghans-on-anniversary-of-taliban-takeover-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministers urged not to \u2018abandon\u2019 Afghans on anniversary of Taliban takeover | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/eS9A89uI6ds\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Ministers urged not to \u2018abandon\u2019 Afghans on anniversary of Taliban takeover | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eS9A89uI6ds\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Aid organisations have urged the UK not to \u201cabandon\u201d Afghanistan as Western allies mark two years since the Taliban retook Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban, in a lightning offensive across the country, returned to power in Afghanistan on August 15 2021 as Western forces, including Britain and the US, hurriedly made their withdrawal after a 20-year occupation.<\/p>\n<p>Operation Pitting was the largest evacuation effort Britain has been involved in since the Second World War, with more than 15,000 people taken from Afghanistan to the UK in just over 16 days in August 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Bond, an umbrella body in the UK representing international development organisations, said the Afghan people had been living \u201cin a waking nightmare\u201d since the return of the fundamentalist Taliban regime.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aid organisations have urged the UK not to \u201cabandon\u201d Afghanistan as Western allies mark two years since the Taliban retook Kabul. 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