A former Royal Marine seeking to evacuate animals from Afghanistan says they and his team were 'turned away' after they managed to reach Kabul airport
"Went through hell to get there & we were turned away into the chaos of those devastating explosions," the charity worker said on Twitter.'I have to prioritise people over pets'said evacuation efforts have been"diverted" by attempts to rescue Mr Farthing's animals
Mr Wallace used a series of tweets on Thursday to hit out at criticism from Mr Farthing's supporters and condemned"bullying, falsehoods and threatening behaviour" towards Ministry of Defence staff.
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