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		</div><p>Ministerial officials said that the British prime minister “authorised” for a charity and its animals to be evacuated from Afghanistan despite Boris Johnson calling suggestions he intervened “complete nonsense”.</p>
<p>In written evidence published by the UK Commons foreign affairs committee, an official working in Lord Goldsmith’s office said the “PM has just authorised” Nowzad “staff and animals to be evacuated”.</p>
<p>Mr Johnson, asked by reporters on December 7th if he had intervened in the evacuation last summer, called the suggestion “complete nonsense”.</p>
<p>Former Royal Marine Paul “Pen” Farthing, who ran the Nowzad shelter, launched a high-profile campaign to get his staff and animals out of Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul, using a plane funded through donations.</p>
<p>The UK government sponsored clearance for the charter flight, leading to allegations that animals had been prioritised over people in the rescue effort.</p>
<p>The evidence published on Wednesday shows Lord Goldsmith’s official in the foreign office emailed colleagues working on the “special cases team Bronze”, saying: “[animal charity – name redacted] are a [details redacted] animal charity operating in Kabul and seeking to evacuation their [details redacted] members of staff (no animals).</p>
<p>“Equivalent charity Nowzad, run by an ex-Royal Marine, has received a lot of publicity and the PM has just authorised their staff and animals to be evacuated, [animal charity – name redacted] are hoping to be treated in the same capacity.”</p>
<p>Downing Street distanced Mr Johnson from involvement in the decision on evacuating the Nowzad animals, when asked about the claims on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The prime minister’s official spokesman said: “It remains the case that the PM didn’t instruct officials to take any particular course of action.”</p>
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