Number Seeking Help From Combat Stress Doubles Amid Afghanistan Crisis
It comes as an extra £2.7m worth of funding has been announced by the government for veteran mental health services.
It comes as an extra £2.7m worth of funding has been announced by the government for veteran mental health services.
Veterans' groups are campaigning to help people who made it onto evacuation flights, but left everything they had, behind.
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Tony Radakin has issued a statement on the UK withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston said: "If there's an opportunity for us to contribute I am in no doubt that we will be ready to."
Hours ahead of President Joe Biden's deadline for shutting down a final airlift, planes carried troops from Kabul airport.
99 Squadron said the normal limit for persons on board (POB) is a total of 138.
Mr Farthing has apologised for the "incredibly embarrassing" language he used in a voicemail to a Government aide.
Hundreds of Afghan commandos who have arrived in the UK could form a new regiment, similar to the Gurkhas.
There have been fears for the potentially thousands of Afghans who could not make it to Kabul airport in time for evacuation.
The final UK troops and diplomatic personnel left Kabul on Saturday night, ending 20 years of British military involvement in Afghanistan.
Another attack struck a neighbourhood northwest of Kabul's international airport, killing a child.
The US State Department issued a new security alert telling people to leave the airport area immediately.
As the final British troops left Afghanistan, the PM said the "central mission" in the country over the last 20 years had been accomplished.
In an address to the nation, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the final departure was "a moment to reflect".
It comes after the UK's last dedicated flight purely for the evacuation effort from Afghanistan leaving Kabul earlier today.
General Sir Nick Carter said the UK has "not been able to bring everybody out" of Afghanistan "and that has been heartbreaking".