British troops have been praised for running towards the “carnage” caused by a suicide bombing, which took place as they tried to help Afghans flee the Taliban. Brigadier James Martin, commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade, said the response to the attack near Kabul airport was “one of the finest things I’ve seen”. His troops aided wounded Afghan civilians and gave support to their United States counterparts. He added this included providing a security perimeter to allow the U.S. forces to remove their wounded and killed with “dignity”, and in a safe manner. At least 169 Afghans, 13 U.S. service personnel, two Britons and the child of a British national died in a bombing carried out by ISIS-K, an Afghan offshoot of the ISIS terrorist group, last week. Brigadier Martin was speaking after his involvement in Operation Pitting, which helped evacuate more than 15,000 people from mid-August. Addressing the bombing, …