The former UK Royal Marine who evacuated 170 rescue dogs and cats from his animal shelter in Afghanistan said UK government didn’t help him to enter Kabul airport. Paul Farthing, the ex-Marine who goes by the name Pen Farthing, arrived in London on Sunday with about 100 dogs and 70 cats on a privately-chartered plane after waging a media battle with the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) to get his flight cleared. Farthing’s animal exodus, dubbed “Operation Ark,” has been applauded by some, and he has received many adoption offers. But the operation has also been heavily criticised as many Afghans who worked with the West are still stranded in the Taliban-controlled country. Responding to a comment by Foreign Affairs Committee chair Tom Tugendhat that “a lot of troops” were used to bring in dogs while the family of his interpreter from when he served in Afghanistan is “likely to be …