Some good news from Afghanistan!
Aug 27, 2021 23:37:43 GMT -5
Post by bloodbought on Aug 27, 2021 23:37:43 GMT -5
I'm posting this here so it doesn't get lost in all the other news. As an animal lover, this made me very happy - Lord knows what the wicked Taliban might have done to them! Please pray for the savation of the people who were involved in this rescue! And of course, continue to pray and pray and pray some more for the humans who are still trapped there; I so fear for them! 
The British rescued an entire animal shelter of 200 cats and dogs from Afghanistan on the last day!
EXCLUSIVE: Pen Farthing escapes Kabul with 200 cats and dogs but is forced to leave his Afghan staff behind after they told him to go without them so he could make it to airport, his wife reveals
Ex-marine Pen Farthing has escaped Kabul , Afghanistan with 200 cats and dogs
He was unfortunately had to leave behind his Afghan staff behind in the country
His wife Kaisa Markhus revealed he was delighted to say he was coming back
By REBECCA HARDY IN OSLO WITH MRS PEN FARTHING
PUBLISHED: 17:05 EDT, 27 August 2021 | UPDATED: 21:12 EDT, 27 August 2021
The wife of animal charity founder and former marine Pen Farthing last night spoke of her joy that her husband and his furry friends looked to be on their way home.
Kaisa Markhus, who fled Afghanistan last week for her native Norway, was eating dinner with her father in Oslo when Pen video-called her from inside Kabul airport. ‘You should have seen the smile on my face,’ she said.
Following Thursday’s carnage, Kaisa knew her husband was planning another attempt to reach the airport – but had no idea when or if he would make it safely to Kabul.
Talking exclusively to the Daily Mail about Pen’s dramatic evacuation, she said: ‘He’s now inside the airport and we had a quick video call. The second I saw him safely inside... you can imagine.’
Her husband and his animals escaping Kabul is the dream she has clung to ever since she was flown out of the city on a near-empty flight.
She learned last night that Pen, having made it through Taliban checkpoints, had been finally allowed to board a flight with 150 rescue cats and dogs from his Nowzad charity – but he was forced to leave his staff members behind.
‘I know Pen had a very hard choice. He faced that same choice when he was inside the airport with his staff and their families on Thursday and the animals and the staff were not allowed through,’ says Kaisa.
Full story at link
The British rescued an entire animal shelter of 200 cats and dogs from Afghanistan on the last day!
EXCLUSIVE: Pen Farthing escapes Kabul with 200 cats and dogs but is forced to leave his Afghan staff behind after they told him to go without them so he could make it to airport, his wife reveals
Ex-marine Pen Farthing has escaped Kabul , Afghanistan with 200 cats and dogs
He was unfortunately had to leave behind his Afghan staff behind in the country
His wife Kaisa Markhus revealed he was delighted to say he was coming back
By REBECCA HARDY IN OSLO WITH MRS PEN FARTHING
PUBLISHED: 17:05 EDT, 27 August 2021 | UPDATED: 21:12 EDT, 27 August 2021
The wife of animal charity founder and former marine Pen Farthing last night spoke of her joy that her husband and his furry friends looked to be on their way home.
Kaisa Markhus, who fled Afghanistan last week for her native Norway, was eating dinner with her father in Oslo when Pen video-called her from inside Kabul airport. ‘You should have seen the smile on my face,’ she said.
Following Thursday’s carnage, Kaisa knew her husband was planning another attempt to reach the airport – but had no idea when or if he would make it safely to Kabul.
Talking exclusively to the Daily Mail about Pen’s dramatic evacuation, she said: ‘He’s now inside the airport and we had a quick video call. The second I saw him safely inside... you can imagine.’
Her husband and his animals escaping Kabul is the dream she has clung to ever since she was flown out of the city on a near-empty flight.
She learned last night that Pen, having made it through Taliban checkpoints, had been finally allowed to board a flight with 150 rescue cats and dogs from his Nowzad charity – but he was forced to leave his staff members behind.
‘I know Pen had a very hard choice. He faced that same choice when he was inside the airport with his staff and their families on Thursday and the animals and the staff were not allowed through,’ says Kaisa.
Full story at link
