Foreign secretary Dominic Raab said on Friday that a British adult and an Afghan child with a British family are among the injured, although it’s unclear who this refers to.
The UK’s evacuation mission is set to end today ahead of the August 31 withdrawal deadline for Western forces.
According to report, the British Afghan taxi driver and his family are among the victims of the Kabul airport attack.
According to reports, Mohammad Niazi travelled to Afghanistan to help his family get to the airport.
He was killed alongside his wife, his brother told the BBC. Two of his four children are also believed to have been killed.
Now the search is on for two missing daughters. Another two of Niazi’s children are thought to be injured in a Kabul hospital.
The BBC spoke to Mohammad’s brother who confirmed they have not been able to locate his eldest daughter and youngest child.
Recounting the aftermath of the bombing, he told the BBC: ‘I saw some small children in the river, it was so bad, it was doomsday for us.’
Imran Naizi, a friend and fellow mosque member, told The Telegraph Mohammed worked as a driver in Aldershot and has lived in the UK since 2004.
He met his wife in 2012, who continued to live in Afghanistan, and Niazi flew to Kabul from London to get them out this week.
The friend told the paper: ‘None of us can believe this has happened. It is such a tragedy.
‘He flew from Heathrow on Wednesday to make the dangerous journey to pick up his family for a better life here and he has been killed along with them. It’s unbelievable.’
Mr Zaizi said he fears his ‘two daughters are dead and his other daughter and his son are badly injured in hospital’.
Two British adults and a child were among those killed in the atrocity, the Foreign Office said on Friday.
They join as many as 170 people thought to have been murdered in the attack, with efforts to identify the deceased still ongoing.
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