Pen Farthing stuck at Kabul Airport with
staff and animals after Taliban
'block evacuation'
Posted By: NorthernDog, 8/26/2021 9:20:05 AM
The former Royal Marine seeking to secure the passage of 200 dogs and cats alongside his animal shelter staff out of Afghanistan says the Taliban is blocking their evacuation. Paul Farthing, known as Pen, founded the Nowzad shelter in Kabul after serving with the British Army in Afghanistan in the mid-2000s, with the organisation rescuing dogs, cats and donkeys. Since the collapse of the Afghan government, he has campaigned to have his staff and their families as well as 140 dogs and 60 cats evacuated from the country in a privately chartered Airbus A330. On Tuesday, defence secretary Ben Wallace
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Pen Farthing stuck at Kabul Airport with
staff and animals after Taliban
'block evacuation' 7 replies
staff and animals after Taliban
'block evacuation' 7 replies
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They had been waiting 10 hours for the Taliban to let them enter the airport. With the new warnings to leave the airport, its unclear what will happen to all the animals.