In Pictures: Troops Ramp Up Rescue Of Those Desperate To Flee Kabul

As officials are working to speed up the operation to evacuate the remaining UK nationals and their local allies out of Afghanistan, we take a look back at the tumultuous week and the UK's contributions to ongoing efforts.

Nine hundred British troops, plus RAF aircraft and a small number of Home Office staff, are working on the evacuation from Kabul under the codename of Operation Pitting.

More troops are being sent, the Defence Secretary has said.

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told MPs the Government had so far secured the safe return of 306 UK nationals and 2,052 Afghans.

He added that a further 2,000 Afghan applications had been completed, with many more being processed.

While the Taliban were allowing the evacuations to continue, he said it was unclear how long that would remain the case.

Cover image: British soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade deploying to Kabul (Picture: MOD).