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Chris Bryant reveals Pen Farthing was sent a letter from Boris Johnson’s PPS confirming evacuation A leaked letter suggests Boris Johnson and the Foreign Office may have covered up the prime minister’s involvement in airlifting more than 150 dogs and c…
Read MoreAnimal rights campaigner Dominic Dyer claims intense lobbying of No 10 led to Johnson overruling ministerAn animal rights campaigner closely involved in the rescue of Pen Farthing and his animals from Afghanistan said he was confident “pressure had bee…
Read MoreCivil servants scrambling to save Afghans were ‘appalled by our chaotic system’ and animals were put above humansWhistleblower condemns Foreign Office over Kabul evacuationFresh questions about Dominic Raab’s role in debacleHow Afghan reporter was left…
Read MoreMark Newbury highlights the lack of support for refugees, David Beswick writes of the mismanagement of Afghanistan evacuations and Dr Richard Carter draws attention to the UK’s diminishing influenceNesrine Malik’s excellent article (For Afghan refugees…
Read MorePrime minister’s statement follows criticism from leading military figures of west’s withdrawalBoris Johnson will tell British veterans of Afghanistan that he will “do right by” soldiers who served during the 20-year campaign, after significant critici…
Read MoreForeign secretary says Afghanistan’s fall came ‘faster than anyone anticipated’ during Islamabad visitDominic Raab has said there was widespread surprise including among the Taliban at the speed with which the group swept to military victory in Afghani…
Read MoreMilitary adventurism has long appealed to western politicians – even those who say they will not meddle in others’ affairsJoe Biden declares an end to “an era of major military operations to remake other countries”. A president’s job, he says, is to pr…
Read MoreOpen letter from the prime minister tells military personnel they should take ‘the greatest pride’ in their service there, and that gains made will live onBoris Johnson has responded to criticism that the rapid withdrawal from Afghanistan has undermine…
Read More‘Operation warm welcome’ for 20,000 Afghans could come unstuck for lack of suitable housing, campaigners warnThe government last night unveiled “operation warm welcome” for the thousands of arriving Afghans, but campaigners immediately expressed concer…
Read MoreAnalysis: US president dashes hopes he might acknowledge damage done by handling of Afghan withdrawalIn the end it took only seven minutes for Joe Biden to pour salt into the wounds of his fractured relationship with European leaders, telling them firm…
Read MoreWarnings from senior diplomat that staying past deadline next week would cross ‘red line’Britain has begun a last-ditch scramble to get people out of Kabul amid warnings from the senior diplomat on the ground that staying past the 31 August deadline ma…
Read MoreLack of planning and coordination has left the west scrambling to do the right thingAt the weekend, in advance of Tuesday’s crisis meeting of G7 leaders, Boris Johnson tweeted that it was vital for the international community to work together to “ensur…
Read MoreAnalysis: Tuesday’s meeting called by Boris Johnson may include postmortem on Joe Biden’s handling of crisisThe emergency meeting of G7 nations on Tuesday – called by Boris Johnson as this year’s chair of the G7 – is in essence a gathering of the vanqu…
Read MorePM’s request to be made at G7 summit as Taliban increases grip on access to flightsBoris Johnson will lobby Joe Biden at the G7 leaders’ summit, No 10 has said, pleading with him to keep US troops at Kabul airport beyond the end of August, after a week…
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