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Britain’s evacuation efforts in Afghanistan have come to an end, a day after deadly blasts at Kabul airport killed at least 170 people.

A final 1,000 people are thought to have boarded a flight to the UK today – bringing the total number of British evacuations to 15,000; 8000 of which have been Afghan nationals.