Afghanistan: 'My pregnant relative miscarried after being beaten by the Taliban'
An emotional Nooria Hasani describes the attack against her pregnant relative
A Manchester resident is desperate for help for her family in Afghanistan after her pregnant relative was beaten by the Taliban and subsequently lost her baby.
Nooria Hasani, a British citizen of Afghan origin, told ITV News she fears for the lives of her family stuck in Kabul.
Desperate to be evacuated from the now Taliban-run country, Ms Hasani's loved ones have been camped out at Kabul airport for a fortnight.
"We have tried to reach Kabul airport but we were beaten by the Taliban," her brother-in-law said in a video message seen by ITV News.
Ms Hasani said Taliban members patrolling the airport attacked a number of her relatives, including her cousin's pregnant wife.
"They kicked her stomach. She went to the hospital and now she's lost her baby," she said.
Ms Hasani said her relative told her: "You have to pray for us now. I lost my baby. You should save our life".
Ms Hasani is appealing to the government to get safe passage for her family, who are at particular risk from Taliban brutality.
They are all Hazara Shia - an Afghan minority that has historically been targeted by the Taliban.
"If they don't come here, they will die because they are Hazara and they're not safe," Ms Hasani said, tearfully.Alongside the threat of the Taliban, Ms Hasani's family are also at risk from unsafe living conditions as they camp outside near the airport.
They said they have been living in sewage and only have dirty water to drink.
"There are very bad conditions," she said. "For four days they haven’t eaten - they don’t have food."
On Thursday, Boris Johnson said the UK had evacuated the "overwhelming majority" of eligible people from Afghanistan amid concerns of terror threats to Kabul airport. Those concerns materialised hours later, when two suicide bombers detonated their devices on the perimeters of the airport - killing at least 60 Afghans and 12 US troops.
The Prime Minister said the evacuation process would continue, despite the attacks.
"We’re going to continue with that operation [...] we’ve already extracted the overwhelming majority of those under both the schemes, the eligible persons, the UK persons, UK nationals, plus the Afghans, the interpreters, and others," he said.
The UK has so far helped to evacuate 11,000 vulnerable people from Afghanistan - but many more remain, with an ever narrowing timeframe to escape before the 31 August deadline.