Civilians are the only people to board the final evacuation flight from Kabul International Airport, the Ministry of Defense confirms.
The British Foreign Office is sending their own people along with every British military flight leaving Kabul.
It is assumed that all of the flights coming to evacuate survivors will be able to take anyone who is still in need of transportation, but those flights will also be bringing UK soldiers back home.
It is expected that British troops would fly home from Afghanistan over the weekend, marking the end of British engagement in the region and the conclusion of twenty years of military presence.
General Sir Nick Carter, the Chief of the Defense Staff, claimed that Operation Pitting, which took place at Kabul airport and resulted in the evacuation of qualified Afghan nationals and UK citizens, went smoothly.
“The evacuation will be finished today,” he stated.
"Lastly, we will have to have our troops deploy on the remaining aircraft."
A military plane landed at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire with 248 passengers on board on Saturday.
Military troops have had to make “heartbreaking” decisions under pressure, Sir Nick explained.
“It's heartbreaking that we couldn't get everyone out, and we've had to make some tough decisions,” he explained.
"And I think that our long-time association with this country means that our Afghan friends keep sending us distressing messages that make it seem like we are all living in unbearable pain."
Shadow defense minister John Healey told Sky News that he thought the mission would conclude in 24 hours, as more planes continued to arrive at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire over the course of Friday night and Saturday morning.
Mr. Healey stated, "This is a terrible truth, and even though there have been more than 14 000 Afghans who have worked with us in Afghanistan for more than two decades, have been supporting our forces, humanitarian workers and diplomats, whom we have pledged to safeguard, but we're leaving behind.
“Additionally, I believe those in that unit, in particular, will consider our failure as a nation to be a personal betrayal.”
After civilians had left, the ministry of defense indicated that it would then be able to use military aircraft to evacuate diplomats and other workers.
However, Tugendhat, an Afghan combat veteran who represents the Tories, is upset that the evacuation mission is ending.
"I'm extremely sad about this and I very much hope that it might go beyond the August deadline, but we found out a few days ago that it wasn't," said the chair of the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee. "So I was expecting it."
So many of my pals will forever be gone, and it saddens me.
“What I'm working on is highly sensitive, and I'm afraid I can't provide you with much information. We're looking into how we can transport UK citizens to the UK using alternate routes, as the primary options are no longer safe.”
Mr. Tugendhat believes that it was not the UK's fault that they were forced to withdraw their troops early. He added, "We did not do well in the last week, but that is because we had to sprint to the finish after running out of time.
Over the years, there have been several of us who have continuously pushed to improve processing times for those under our "duty of care."
“There will be inquiries into the Foreign Secretary's department's processing work in the UK in recent weeks. We will see how he responds.”
Some UK nationals are staying in Afghanistan while others will be forced to remain since the UK has left them behind, and Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has confirmed that between 800 and 1,100 Afghans are among those who have been left in the country.
But several MPs state that mail that they had received regarding help was part of the reason why they believe this to be an under-estimation.
Boris Johnson expressed "a great sense of regret" for the fact that, due to American pullout deadlines, everyone in Afghanistan won't be removed by August 31st.
The US military conducted an airstrike against a suspected ISIS-K member on Saturday. The US and Britain identified him as having been involved in preparing the attack on Kabul Airport, where he was said to have killed British citizens, including a toddler.
Boris Johnson: "I obviously feel a great sense of regret"
One person was killed in the US drone strike, according to US Navy Captain William Urban, who claimed that they had no knowledge of any civilian deaths.
14,543 persons have been evacuated in Kabul as of Friday night, with both Afghan and British citizens represented in the numbers. The MoD's announcement in a press release stated this.
The majority of these people, more than 8000 of them, were Afghans whose lives had been saved by the Arap program. It is for those who risked their lives and who are being hunted by the Taliban.
