UK Parliament recalled to discuss Afghanistan crisis

British lawmakers are being called back from their summer break to Parliament to discuss the worsening situation in Afghanistan, as U.K. troops arrive in Kabul to help evacuate remaining Britons there

LONDON -- British lawmakers were called back from their summer break to Parliament to discuss the worsening situation in Afghanistan, as U.K. troops arrived in Kabul to help evacuate the remaining Britons there. Authorities said Sunday that Parliament will be recalled for one day on Wednesday to debate the government’s response to the crisis. Prime Minister Boris Johnson also called a meeting of his Cabinet's emergency committee Sunday as the Taliban advanced into Kabul, the Afghan capital. Johnson said after the meeting that the priority is to get British citizens, as well as Afghans who helped U.K. forces in Afghanistan over the past 20 years, “as fast as we can" in the next few days. “The ambassador is working round the clock, has been there in the airport to help process the applications," he told Sky News. "We certainly have the means at the moment to get them out ... It’s just a question of making sure that they’re able to do it over the next few days.”