The i reports that a former national security adviser has echoed Tony Blair’s swipe at “imbecilic” US exit strategy amid calls to end the deadline for flying out foreign nationals and Afghans as chaos continues.
The Financial Times reports that Boris Johnson will host crisis talks on Afghanistan with world leaders, as Britain presses the US to extend the evacuation timetable amid “harrowing scenes” and deaths at Kabul airport.
Similarly to The Sunday Telegraph, the Sunday Mirror reports on Tony Blair’s comments about Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
Ministers have warned that Britain will have to tear up its foreign policy after the debacle in Afghanistan, amid flaring tempers about America’s withdrawal, writes The Sunday Times.
Armed Forces minister James Heappey has said British veterans who served in Afghanistan should be proud of what they accomplished, despite the chaos in Kabul, according to the Sunday Express.
The Sunday Telegraph leads with the story that former prime minister Tony Blair has launched a furious attack on the US president’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, calling it “imbecilic”.
Afghans have been crushed to death at Kabul airport, reports The Independent, after the number of people heading there continued to surge.
