UK animal charity staff caught up in deadly Kabul blast
Source: AP
By JILL LAWLESS
LONDON (AP) A former Royal Marine who runs an animal charity in Afghanistan said Thursday that he, his Afghan staff and dozens of dogs and cats were caught in the chaotic aftermath of a suicide attack outside Kabuls airport as they sought to get a flight out of the country before evacuation efforts end.
The attack involving two explosions and gunfire hit near a gate where people gathered attempting to get into the airport. At least 13 people were killed, and U.S. officials said American troops were among the injured.
Were fine but everything is chaos here at the moment, Paul Pen Farthing told Britains Press Association news agency. All of a sudden we heard gunshots and our vehicle was targeted, had our driver not turned around he would have been shot in the head by a man with an AK-47.
Farthing is trying to get staff of his Nowzad charity out of Afghanistan, along with about 200 of the groups rescued animals.
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secondwind
(16,903 posts)just trying to help the dogs............
Sure hope he makes it out.......
luv2fly
(2,475 posts)But these guys take it to another level, unreal.
snowybirdie
(5,227 posts)I love dogs. Had them my whole life. But people matter more in this case.
My thinking was more along the lines of admiring their commitment to animals in the face of current events in Afghanistan.
I like a whole lot of animals more than some people.
Raine
(30,540 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)I'm so glad they're OK .I sure hope they can safely get out.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,470 posts)And the puppers and the people.
I hope the cats the dogs and the people that help the animals get out asap.
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Cash only.
Bluepinky
(2,268 posts)Damn grifters, they would make their mother pay before using the Heimlich maneuver on her if she was choking to death.