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Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban for Britain could be housed at Pontins holiday parks, reports say.

Sources say the beach break firm has shown interest in hosting hundreds of families fleeing the crisis.

Home Office officials are said to have looked at two of the company's six sites in England and Wales.

It comes as Boris Johnson vowed to continue the evacuation despite a 'barbaric' terrorist attack at Kabul airport that left dozens of people dead including US troops.

 The Prime Minister said on Thursday the 'overwhelming majority' of eligible people have already been helped to flee the Taliban by the RAF.

Sources say the beach break firm has shown interest in hosting hundreds of families fleeing the crisis (file photo)

But the influx of families has put councils in Britain under pressure to build more homes or open up more rentals, the reports.

Another option reportedly being touted in to house them in military accommodation that was previous expected to be destroyed.

Afghanistan was put on the UK's red list which means those coming from the war-torn country have to quarantine for ten days.

The are housed in hotels run by private security firm G4S and are not charged for their stay. 

The PM has vowed to continue the evacuation following the 'barbaric' terrorist attack at Kabul airport that left dozens of people dead including US troops last night.

The Prime Minister said on Thursday the 'overwhelming majority' of eligible people have already been helped to flee the Taliban by the RAF and 'we are going to keep going up until the last moment' as the deadline rapidly approaches.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed two blasts occurred in a 'complex attack' outside Hamid Karzai International Airport.

Home Office officials are said to have looked at two of the company's six sites in England and Wales. Pictured: Afghans at Heathrow yesterday

A US general said gunmen from so-called Islamic State (IS) had opened fire on civilians, and the terror group later claimed responsibility for the atrocity, according to multiple reports, following earlier suggestions that Afghanistan splinter cell Isis-K was behind the attack.

Officials have said at least 72 people were killed, including 11 US Marines and one US Navy medic, and that more than 150 people were injured, including 15 US service personnel.

The Ministry of Defence said there have been no reported UK military or UK Government casualties.

After chairing an emergency Cobra meeting on Thursday, Mr Johnson said: 'I can confirm that there's been a barbaric terrorist attack, what looks like a series of attacks, in Kabul, on the airport, on the crowds at the airport, in which members of the US military, very sadly have lost their lives and many Afghan casualties as well.'

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The Prime Minister told reporters in Downing Street that the evacuation programme would work 'flat out' according to 'the timetable we've got'.

'That's what we're going to do because the overwhelming majority of those who are eligible have now been extracted from Afghanistan,' he added.

US president Joe Biden addressed the American nation from the White House, and warned those responsible for the attack: 'We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay.'

He vowed to complete the evacuation of American citizens and others from Afghanistan despite the blasts, which he blamed on the IS group's Afghanistan affiliate, saying there was no evidence they colluded with the Taliban.

Marine Corps General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of US Central Command, told a news conference that IS gunmen had attacked civilians and that further attacks were likely.

The Prime Minister told reporters in Downing Street that the evacuation programme would work 'flat out' according to 'the timetable we've got'. Pictured: Afghans at Heathrow yesterday