Ten-year-old Malalai fled to the UK with her mother and cousin after waiting three days at Kabul airport – where there was no food and people were crushed to death in the struggle to escape.
As a British citizen herself she immediately rang the Home Office but had to wait two agonising days with gunfire rife outside until she got a call.
They navigated their way to the Baron Hotel where the British military had set up processing operations.And with Islamic State operating in the city, fears of an imminent suicide attack at the airport were constant.between Baron Hotel and the Abbey Gate entrance of the airport killed 170 Afghans and 13 US Marines just a few hundred feet away.Inside a UK evacuation flight from Kabul
According to official figures, thousands of Afghans are still waiting in these hotels a year after the evacuation.Despite having a roof over their heads and food to eat, life in limbo proves frustrating.
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