What now for the Afghanistan evacuation?

Politics explained: The operation will now focus on removing military and diplomatic staff who helped with the civilian phase, writes Jon Stone

The operation is now moving to a new phase (AP)

The last civilian UK rescue flight left Kabul airport on Saturday at the end of an operation that saw 14,000 people evacuated from the Taliban-controlled country.

But the operation isn’t over.

There will be more flights out of the city which will have diplomatic and military personnel onboard.