LONDON, 08 July 2021 (TON): Boris Johnson will make a statement to Parliament on British troops’ final pullout from Afghanistan.

Taliban fighters have made huge gains since US and UK forces withdrew from the war-ravaged country earlier this month.

The Prime Minister, who will address the Commons at lunchtime, admitted he was apprehensive about the fraught security situation.

He told the Commons Liaison Committee today “the people of Afghanistan have been the beneficiaries of decades of UK support and investment.

“We have done our level best to help the stability, security and peace of that country. Hundreds of British troops have died in that cause and if you ask me whether I feel happy about the current situation in Afghanistan, of course I don’t.

“I’m apprehensive, I think that the situation is fraught with risks.” He hoped the government based in the capital could thrash out a peace deal with insurgents.

He told MPs “we must hope that the parties in Kabul can come together to reach an agreement and somehow or other we must hope that an accommodation must be found eventually with the Taliban.”