The World : British Plan Kabul Pullout

Britain plans to evacuate 10 embassy workers and their dependents from Afghanistan this week because of fears of increased guerrilla attacks on the capital of Kabul, the Foreign Office said. It has advised 98 other people to leave the country. Of those, 45 are Britons and 53 are citizens of other countries that Britain represents in Afghanistan, including Australia, New Zealand and Finland. “We have advised dependents and non-essential personnel among the British community to leave in view of the deteriorating security situation in Kabul,” said a Foreign Office spokesman. The evacuation follows seven days of rocket strikes on Kabul by Muslim rebels.