Considering he had a chartered aircraft paid for, his staff were all signed up and cleared for travel to the U.K., I for one cannot understand why they were not allowed to depart with the animals, to stop them at the final gate and deny them all sounds a bit like sour grapes by the U.K.
Not sure if you are being deliberately obtuse or provocative.
His staff weren’t turned back by the US or UK forces, they were turned back by the Taliban roadblocks on the approaches to the airport who weren’t allowing any Afghans through.
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/s...-b1910350.html