According to a report, Prince William intervened personally to help an Afghan national army officer and his family escape from Kabul and flee to the United Kingdom.
The Duke of Cambridge and the officer had attended the Royal Sandhurst Military Academy in the United Kingdom together, the Telegraph reports.
The 39-year-old prince listened to the officer’s struggles to get to Kabul airport with his family of more than ten people amid last week’s chaotic mass evacuations.
The officer and his family, including women and children, were eligible to be evacuated by British troops because he had helped British troops land in Afghanistan throughout the war.
Prince William enlisted the help of his senior member, Lieutenant Commander Dixon, to help locate the Afghan officer.
After contacting the relevant ground staff in Kabul, the Afghan officer and his family were able to arrive at the airport and board safely on a flight to the UK.
The British special forces in charge of the evacuations from Kabul were aware of the involvement of Prince William.
Prince William was 23 when he graduated from the military academy. He graduated from here in 2006.
It was not immediately clear whether Prince William had kept in touch with the Afghan officer after graduating.
British troops evacuated more than 15,000 people from Kabul in the two weeks after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.