The daughter of a disabled British woman who is trapped in Taliban-controlled Kabul in Afghanistan has issued a heartbreaking appeal for help on video.
Layloma Hafizi flew to the country for a funeral in late July but has seen her flights home repeatedly cancelled following the collapse of the government.
Now she's running out of medication and her family have gone public to try and save their loved one and get her home.
Her frantic daughter revealed the dual British and Afghan national has high cholesterol, arthritis, diabetes and has suffered two strokes. She needs a wheelchair, suffers depression and depends on NHS medicine while awaiting surgery.
Commercial air travel has entirely collapsed due to the deadly situation at Kabul airport and Layloma has not been earmarked for evacuation by the UK government, her family claim.
Her daughter is publicly pleading for help after the third plane Layloma had a ticket for, which was due to leave on Tuesday morning, was grounded amid gunfire and mayhem on the runway.
Daughter Fereba Hafizi, who lives in Coventry in West Midlands, said: "We are begging the British forces, the US forces, to please, please send more troops and planes. Help all these civilians who are stuck in Afghanistan and are stranded.
"I understand there's a lot of people who are trying to flee Afghanistan who don't have a passport, but please bear in mind, there are still civilians, dual nationals and British nationals who are still stranded in Afghanistan."
Layloma was left alone in Afghanistan for what was meant to be a few days while her son travelled to India for personal reasons.
But, much like Western governments and intelligence agencies, the family were stunned by the rapid deterioration of Afghanistan and suddenly realised the situation had fundamentally changed in a matter of days.
Her anxious family are doing everything they can to get her out and say they would be willing to pay £10,000 for a flight.
Struggling to hold back her emotions, the distraught daughter said: "I'm usually not someone who is very emotional, for me to just break down like this, it's not easy
"I'm not emotional just because of my mother, I'm sure people have seen footage that has been leaked, there are hundreds of women and children stranded.
"The men are pushing them and trying to get them into the planes, they are not prioritising them or giving respect or showing any decency to these women and children.
"They are being neglected and if these women and children and disabled people are stranded in the airport...when the Taliban enters the airport, there will be no hope for them, they will be slaughtered."
A frantic evacuation operation was launched to fly out more than 4,000 Brits and eligible Afghans who may be targeted by the Taliban, but it’s unclear how many citizens who travelled to the country for personal reasons also require help.
Fereba said: "I find it quite despicable the fact that the British embassy are only prioritising currently British nationals who are working or who have worked for the government.
"My voice is not just for my mother, it's for hundreds and thousands of Afghan children and women who are stuck stranded in Afghanistan.
"I'm not asking for more war, I'm asking please, send more planes, just evacuate these people."
An FCDO spokesperson said: “We are aware of this case and offering consular assistance. We are working hard to contact the British nationals we know of who remain in Afghanistan, to help them leave the country.”
