Pictured: Little British girl missing after her father was one of at least three Brits killed by ISIS-K suicide bomber alongside 170 Afghans - as 1,000 who should be coming to Britain face becoming Taliban hostages
One of the victims of Thursday's Kabul suicide bombing has been named as Muhammad Niazi, a British Afghan who travelled there from London to help his family at the airport, according to the BBC.
As of last night, his wife, youngest child and eldest daughter were still missing, with his brother and survivor of the blast, Abdul Hamid, telling the broadcaster: 'I saw some small children in the river, it was so bad. It was doomsday for us.'
It is unclear whether Mr Niazi is one of the three British victims reported by the Foreign Office earlier on Friday.
Thousands of desperate Afghans are still arriving at the airport despite the constant threat of another terrorist attack after the bombing which killed at least 170 people, including 13 American service personnel.
International fury is mounting over U.S. president Joe Biden's decision to withdraw troops from the country, which led to the Taliban's lighting-fast takeover of Afghanistan and in-turn sparked the desperate evacuation, with foreign countries being given a August 31 deadline to get their citizens out.
As the Afghan victims of the horrific Kabul airport suicide bombing were being buried, friends and relatives spoke of 'the best and the brightest of their generation being cruelly cut down in their prime.'
The faces of the tragic, mainly young, victims came from all corners of Afghan society, but they all shared a hope for a better life away from the Taliban's rule.
The funerals taking place across the city today ranged from that of a talented young woman journalist to a member of the Afghan national taekwondo team. Several families were devastated by the loss of more than one cousin or sibling, and one family lost four young men.
Afghan TV presenter Muslim Shirzad, 30, who tweeted many of the images of this tragic gallery of smiling victims, said families and friends had contacted him with the sad news.
Pictured left: Muhammad Niazi, a British Afghan who travelled there from London to help his family. Pictured right: One of Mr Niazi's daughters. As of last night, his wife, youngest child and eldest daughter were still missing, according to the broadcaster, with his brother and survivor of the blast - Abdul Hamid - saying 'I saw some children in the river'
As more information about the Afghan victims of the bombing surfaced, it was revealed that two Britons and the child of another British national were killed in the blast as they tried to flee the Taliban on Thursday.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab mourned the 'innocent people' and called it a 'tragedy' that they were 'murdered by cowardly terrorists' as they tried to bring their loved ones to the UK.
'I was deeply saddened to learn that two British nationals and the child of another British national were killed by yesterday's terror attack, with two more injured,' he said in a statement.
'Yesterday's despicable attack underlines the dangers facing those in Afghanistan and reinforces why we are doing all we can to get people out. We are offering consular support to their families. We will not turn our backs on those who look to us in their hour of need, and we will never be cowed by terrorists,' he added.
Following Mr Raab's statement, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he will 'shift heaven and earth' to get people out of Afghanistan after August 31 as he confirmed British deaths in the 'contemptible' attack at Kabul airport.
The announcement of the three deaths came as Pentagon officials in the U.S. said that there was only one suicide bomber involved in the attack, and not two as had been previously claimed, further adding to the fears and confusion over the ongoing evacuation operation on the ground.
Speaking at a briefing on Friday, U.S. Army General Hank Taylor said: 'I can confirm that we do not believe there was a second explosion at or near the Baron hotel. It was one suicide bomber. In the confusion of very dynamic events can cause information to get confused.'
He added: 'We're not sure how that report was provided incorrectly', adding that it was 'important to correct the record.'
The deaths at the airport have caused uproar in the U.S., with the fathers of of at least two of the Marines killed in the bomb attack blaming Biden, saying he turned his back on the troops on the ground with his chaotic evacuation attempt that made them sitting ducks for ISIS-K.
Najma Saddique, 21, from Kabul (pictured left) and her sister Zuhal (right). Ms Saddique was in her third year of a journalism course at the city's university when she was killed in the horrific Kabul airport suicide bombing on Thursday
Pictured: A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of the August 26 twin suicide bombs, which killed scores of people, at Kabul airport on August 27, 2021
TV presenter Muslim Shirzad told MailOnline: 'The generation which should have been Afghanistan's hope has now become a generation of frustration and escapees.
'Before the Taliban returned, Kabul was like the pulsing heart of Afghanistan's talented new generation, but now it looks like a ghost city
'Despite the threat of violence in Afghanistan, we had the motivation to go forward and be part of change in our country, but now we are just the audience at a horror movie and can't control the outcome.
'The youth of Afghanistan saw what happened two weeks ago as history repeating itself – a history they didn't feel part of and wanted to escape.
'These young people felt they had no choice but to feel from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, but instead they were cut down in their prime.'
Teenager Mohammad Jan Soltani had fought his way onto the country's national taekwondo team, but was killed in the outrage, according to Svaka News Agency.
The Afghan Taekwondo Federation confirmed that Mohammad Jan Soltani (pictured), a member of the national taekwondo team, was killed in a suicide attack in Kabul on Thursday. Pictured right: Wasiq Ehsan, a third-year student in literature and modern languages at Kabul University who also lost his life
The Raheens were another family destroyed by the terrorist atrocity. Dr Khalid Raheen (pictured top) and his sons Milad and Ferdaws Raheen (pictured bottom), both in their early 20s, were all killed in the attack
Najma Saddique, 21, from Kabul, was in her third year of a journalism course at the city's university, but her poise in front of the camera had already bagged her an on-screen job with one of Afghanistan's morning TV shows.
A friend told MailOnline: 'The idea of a young woman appearing on TV was unthinkable under the Taliban before, but Najma and her sister Zuhal, who is also a journalist, don't remember those days.
'Najma was so hopeless when the Taliban took over in Afghanistan and she decided to try and escape the country with her brother Wasiq, 19, and her cousin.'
The friend said the three wanted to escape to Canada or the United States. 'She just wanted to be safe. It was the third time they'd been to the airport and tried to get out.'
Zuhal, 22, now grieving with her parents and another brother said: 'This has left us without any hope – our family is torn apart.'
Four young men, all members of the same family, named Taher, Naseer, Emran and Bilal, also paid with their lives after joining the crowd of desperate people trying to escape their country.
Four young men, all members of the same family, named Taher, Naseer, Emran and Bilal, also paid with their lives after joining the crowd of desperate people trying to escape their country. Pictured: A composite image posted to twitter showing the four family members
Abdul Khaber Ibrahimkhail, was a 17-years-old Frisbee enthusiast from Kabul who dreamed of coming to London, according to his elder brother Moner, 27.
'My brother got a passport for the first time three months ago when the situation began to deteriorate,' said Mr Ibrahimkhail, who escaped to Austria a year ago.
'Before that point, he saw a future here and really wanted to be someone in his own country. He was in year 11 and was a member of the Afghanistan Frisbee Federation.
'He went to the airport in the first wave of people with our sister and her husband, who was also injured. My family didn't find my brother's body until the next day.'
The Raheens were another family destroyed by the terrorist atrocity. Dr Khalid Raheen and his sons Milad and Ferdaws Raheen, both in their early 20s, were all killed in the attack.
Wasiq Ehsan was a third-year student in literature and modern languages at Kabul University who also lost his life.
A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of the terrorist attack which killed over 100 people outside Kabul airport
British troops were seen securing the perimeter outside the Baron Hotel, near the Abbey Gate in Kabul on Thursday following the bombing
The British soldiers are seen securing the perimeter outside the Baron Hotel on Thursday night near a road which leads to the Abbey Gate of Kabul airport
Injured victims of the airport bomb blast, receive treatment at a hospital in Kabul on Friday as they are comforted by relatives
Distraught relatives load in a car the coffin of a victim of the suicide bomb attack at a hospital in Kabul on Friday
Pictured: Members of Spanish National Police forces and military personnel who were stationed in Afghanistan disembark from the last Spanish evacuation flight, at the Torrejon de Ardoz air base, 30 km from Madrid, on August 27, 2021
Spain announced the end of its Kabul evacuations on Friday after a nine-day operation that saw more than 2,200 people flown out of the strife-torn country following the Taliban takeover. Pictured: Spanish soldiers arrive at an airbase near Madrid
Pictured: Some of the last people who were transported from Afghanistan via Dubai, disembark from a plane at the Torrejon military base as part of the evacuation process in Madrid, Friday, August 27, 2021
Speaking to broadcasters after Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab confirmed the deaths of the three Britons, Mr Johnson said he felt 'a great sense of regret' about those left behind in Afghanistan, as the evacuation process enters its final stages.
Asked about the deaths of two British adults, and a teenager who was a child of a British national, he said: 'I think what their loss really underlines is the urgency of getting on and concluding Operation Pitting in the way that we are, and also underlines the bravery of our armed services, our troops, everybody else involved.'
The PM admitted: 'Of course, as we come down to the final hours of the operation there will sadly be people who haven't got through, people who might qualify.
'What I would say to them is that we will shift heaven and earth to help them get out, we will do whatever we can in the second phase.'
When asked whether the scenes seen in Afghanistan amounted to a national humiliation, he said the circumstances were 'extremely difficult and extremely horrible'.
Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace admitted earlier that up to 1,100 eligible Afghans and another 150 Britons will be left behind. Mr Wallace said that the last UK flights would leave within hours.
Tom Tugendhat, the chair of the Foreign Affairs committee, said this filled him with 'anger and shame' and warned 'we may find ourselves with the biggest hostage crisis the UK has ever seen.'
The former Lieutenant Colonel said the UK now has 'no influence' over the Taliban except by asking them to help people 'they are quite happy to kill.'
Meanwhile, a growing number of MPs from across the political spectrum have accused the Government of 'failing' in its mission to keep Afghan staff safe by not completing the evacuations.
Mr Tugendhat added: 'Defeat means you don't get a say... we have just been defeated, we have no influence over Kabul anymore.'
'We have no influence over the behavior of the Taliban except by asking them nicely and luring them with aid to help people who they are quite happy to kill,' he said, adding that this is 'our moment to stand with' the people left in Kabul.
Mr Tugendhat's grave warning comes after Mr Wallace said British forces will try to 'find a few people in the crowds' that they are able to evacuate but admitted that not everyone will be flown out to safety.
The effort will now focus on evacuating UK nationals and others who have already been cleared to leave and are already at the airport.
Mr Wallace said: 'We will process the people that we've brought with us, the 1,000 people approximately in the airfield now and we will seek a way to continue to find a few people in the crowds where we can, but overall the main processing is now closed and we have a matter of hours.'
'It is with deep regret that not everyone has been able to be evacuated during this process,' he added.
Senior Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat has warned that Britain could be facing the 'biggest hostage crisis the UK has ever seen' after the government admitted that Brits and up to 1,100 eligible Afghans will be left behind when the evacuations from Kabul end 'in a matter of hours'
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said British forces will try to 'find a few people in the crowds' that they are able to evacuate but admitted that not everyone will be flown out to safety. Meanwhile US President Joe Biden promised on Thursday to hunt down and destroy the ISIS-K terrorists.
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