Boris Johnson's response to the crisis in Afghanistan has brought "shame" on Britain, Wigan MP Lisa Nandy has said.
The Labour frontbencher said there had been an "absence of leadership" in the planning of the West's military exit from the region.
The Taliban declared victory on Monday after taking over Afghanistan's capital Kabul, bringing a swift end to almost 20 years of the US-led coalition's presence in the country.
Ms Nandy, speaking in the Commons, said: "This is an unparalleled moment of shame for this government.
"How have we become this country that drags its feet on saving the lives of those who supported us, who stand by while the refugee crisis unfolds.
"The prime minister said last night we would take 20,000 refugees, but how can anyone believe him.
"He has made these promises before he promised he would protect the Alf Dubs scheme and give sanctuary to child refugees, and then he closed it."
She added: "The government has given us a press release what we need is a plan.
"They have abandoned the people of Afghanistan and they should apologise."
Debbie Abrahams, MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, said the Taliban's resurgence could end up in the "obliteration" of women's rights.
She said: "Despite the warm words of Taliban, which too many have been willing to just accept, there have been reports of women being sent home from their jobs and told to send their male relatives, girls as young as 10 being sold on to Taliban fighters, mothers having their eyes gouged out in front of their children and reprisals against those who work for Afghan authorities.
"Time's running out, Monday was pandemonium and I'm now getting messages literally by the minute.
"People are having to move, literally every couple of hours, and one woman that I'm helping has has moved 11 times since Monday."
Denton and Reddish MP Andrew Gwynne, in a letter to constituents, said he had watched the situation in Afghanistan unfold with "horror and sadness".
He added: "The impact of the Taliban regaining control of Afghanistan is not only deeply concerning to the people of Afghanistan, but also here at home.
"The purpose of initial military intervention in Afghanistan was to tackle the increasing power of terrorist groups in the region, and to halt the growing rise of narcotics arriving to western shores from Afghanistan.
"The rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan threatens to undo that vital work."
The comments came as MPs returned to Westminster for an emergency sitting of Parliament, following the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban over the weekend.
The prime minister said it was an “illusion” to think Britain alone could have prevented the collapse of the nation's government after the US withdrew its forces.
He added: "I do not believe that today deploying tens of thousands of British troops to fight the Taliban is an option that, no matter how sincerely people may advocate it – and I appreciate their sincerity – but I do not believe that that is an option that would commend itself either to the British people or to this House.
“We must deal with the position as it is now, accepting what we have achieved and what we have not achieved.”
He told a packed Commons chamber the priority now is to evacuate remaining British nationals and their allies.
But he faced cries of disbelief when he denied the Government had been unprepared for the lightning takeover by the Taliban which saw the Western-backed government of President Ashraf Ghani collapse in just days.
In a series of highly charged interventions, he was accused by senior Conservatives of presiding over an “operational and strategic blunder” which would weaken the West in the eyes of its adversaries.
In an emotional speech which drew rare applause from some MPs, Tory Tom Tugendhat – who served as an Army officer in Afghanistan – said the UK and its Western allies had received a “very harsh lesson”.
“This doesn’t need to be defeat but at the moment it damn well feels like it,” he said.
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