カテゴリー: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
James Cleverly describes ‘flood of requests’ for help after reports that emails about Afghans may have gone unreadThe UK evacuation effort from Afghanistan had to focus on people already at Kabul airport meaning many cases raised by MPs and others may …
UK passport holders describe feeling abandoned as the end of the evacuation nearsFear and fury in Kabul as thousands face being abandoned by UKUK Afghans and stranded relatives speak of anguish as time to leave ebbsBritish nationals stuck in Kabul have…
Most single nationality Britons now evacuated but some with dual citizenship say they are being given lower priorityAfghanistan: live updatesBritish nationals of Afghan origin are being overlooked in the evacuation from Kabul, lawyers and campaigners h…
Foreign secretary says need for the call while he was in Crete was ‘quickly overtaken by events’Dominic Raab has confirmed he delegated a phone call with the Afghan foreign minister to a junior, and argued that it was the correct thing to do, in his fi…
How the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan precipitated a political one at the heart of UK governmentOn Thursday last week, the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, had tried to sound composed as he announced a small number of British troops were heading ou…
Exclusive: defence secretary accuses Foreign Office of leaving MoD staff to handle visa fallout, say sourcesCabinet splits have emerged over Afghanistan, with the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, accusing the Foreign Office of evacuating diplomats while…
Fears Chevening scholarship students blocked by Foreign Office could become targets of TalibanTaliban enter Kabul – live updatesBoris Johnson has promised that the government will try to help 35 Afghan students get visas to travel to the UK, after they…
FCDO advises UK nationals to leave in the face of rising Taliban threat but stresses limits of British consular helpMinisters are advising all UK nationals in Afghanistan to leave the country because of the “worsening security situation” but have warne…
As women and children lose out on programmes that could change their lives, Britain’s reputation has been diminishedBukola Onyishi was delighted when she found out that the British government was going to help her realise a dream in one of the poorest …
Boris Johnson has announced the end of Britain’s military mission in Afghanistan, following a hasty and secretive exit of the last remaining troops 20 years after the post-9/11 invasion that started the ‘war on terror’. Speaking in the Commons, the pri…
Labour says ‘washing hands’ of conflict now will lead to bloodier war and wider Taliban controlBoris Johnson has announced the end of Britain’s military mission in Afghanistan following a hasty and secretive exit of the last remaining troops 20 years a…
Withdrawal from long-term partnership catastrophic, says Brac, affecting women and girls’ education and those in extreme povertyThe UK government’s funding cuts to the world’s largest international non-governmental organisation are a “gut punch” after …
Kyaw Zwar Minn has been barred from London embassy by representatives of Myanmar juntaMyanmar’s ambassador to the UK, who has been locked out of his embassy by representatives of his country’s military, has urged the British government not to recognise…
US president calls for international solidarity in confronting generals who have seized power in countryJoe Biden has threatened to resume sanctions on Myanmar following the military coup and the suspension of democracy, and called for international so…