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One small way to help Afghanistan

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TimeIhadaNameChange · 15/08/2021 21:22

Copied from a FB post

Tonight not tomorrow tonight we desperately need the help of each and everyone.

Practical action please can everyone tweet Boris Johnson and your own mp and post on their facebook pages and instragrams with #Nowzad animal shelter Afghanistan, save its staff from certain death.

For those who don’t know Nowzad set up the first ever animal shelter in Afghanistan its has dogs, cats and even donkeys. It was set up by former royal marine Pen Farthing. It trains young women and has trained 500 young vets since it started. They will be seen as British collaborators and face certain death and for the women worse, if the 25 staff and their families are not got to the safety of the UK. Please act now as they Nowzad did for the Afghan people and our troops. Tomorrow is too late it has to tonight.

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Errno · 29/08/2021 13:02

Yes, I also think that about the Nazis.

The independent has an article today, in which it is claimed the U.K. refused interpreters entry on the grounds they are a security risk. These same people are now jumping up and down angrily, pointing a finger at Pen Farthing, blaming him for interpreters children being left behind. Couldn’t make it up.

BuckarooWithBruceGrobelaar · 29/08/2021 13:04

@Shanghaisprize

Yahoo/Sky News are reporting that Pen and the animals have been flown out

That is great news. I so hope that the ones left behind will find a way out too.

Like this guy

Ben couldn't get a flight out for himself and his 50 female staff Sad

DancesWithTortoises · 29/08/2021 13:07

You're perfectly happy to join in the massive smear campaign against Farthing, because that distracts from the failings of the UK government (again).

It isn't smearing if it's the truth.

Have you listened to his threats? Do you think it's ok to threaten to destroy another person?

If you think that's ok then there's something wrong with your moral compass.

Saucery · 29/08/2021 13:23

Desperate man in war zone loses temper with people refusing to save Afghan lives. Shocker Hmm

That Ben Slater report is appalling. We’re going to hear more and more of that kind of thing Sad

CausingChaos2 · 29/08/2021 14:27

Having heard the voicemail, I say more power to him. If people find that hard to listen to they must be very faint hearted and wouldn’t last 5 minutes in our armed forces. I have ex serving military family and the way they talk would make you blush. They don’t mince their words at the best of times, this man was in a warzone, if anything he was restrained in his message.

DancesWithTortoises · 29/08/2021 14:34

@CausingChaos2

Having heard the voicemail, I say more power to him. If people find that hard to listen to they must be very faint hearted and wouldn’t last 5 minutes in our armed forces. I have ex serving military family and the way they talk would make you blush. They don’t mince their words at the best of times, this man was in a warzone, if anything he was restrained in his message.
There is nothing restrained about threatening to destroy someone.
KeflavikAirport · 29/08/2021 14:39

Meanwhile on an

KeflavikAirport · 29/08/2021 14:40

It's interesting that if someone swears, people start tutting

Meanwhile on another thread someone was calling for BW's resignation for swearing on telly.

misscockerspaniel · 29/08/2021 15:07

How many years did the British Government have to get out the interpreters?

Who would you rather have on your side, fighting for you - Raab & co or Pen Farthing? Pen won't rest until his staff have escaped Afghanistan. They would have been on the flight with him if Biden hadn't changed the rules re paperwork.

notimagain · 29/08/2021 15:38

Well not Raab that’s for sure but I’m not convinced I’d entirely trust either of the other two TBH.

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