PERSON: Jen Wilson

A journalist who worked for the BBC for many years is being actively targeted by the Taliban, campaigners trying to organise their safe evacuation have said.

The Afghan national, who has not been named for security reasons, is said to be trapped in Kabul after working for the U.K. broadcaster in the past.

Jen Wilson, chief operating officer of Army Week Association in New York, has been working to aid the reporter’s evacuation as part of the #DigitalDunkirk campaign – an online coordinated effort by those connected with the military to help people flee Afghanistan.

She said they are a “high-value target” for the Taliban and the group travelled to their home on Tuesday to kill them – but they had left.

They now face a perilous task to reach the airport.

Ms Wilson, whose team has already coordinated the evacuation of 30 from Kabul, said the Taliban are “doing recon” and have been finding targets – including some of those she has been trying to help escape.

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