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Analysis: minister’s call log shows he had little interest in Afghanistan, prioritising India and south-east AsiaDominic Raab has been reluctant to criticise Joe Biden, who has faced an unprecedented wave of criticism over the US exit from Afghanistan,…
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 MoreLabour calls for an end to ‘unseemly infighting at the top of government’ after response to defence secretaryDominic Raab has hit back at his cabinet colleague Ben Wallace’s assertion that he knew the “game was up” in Afghanistan by July, escalating th…
Read MoreA grindingly slow bureaucratic machine crushes asylum seekers, and the borders bill will only make things worseHorrifying scenes are unfolding in Afghanistan. Taliban forces are reportedly going door to door, making blacklists of anyone who has worked …
Read MoreReaders despair at the Tory government’s treatment of the people who risked their lives to work for it in AfghanistanYou have to admire the genius of the UK’s refugee policy: first, no one who gets here unofficially can be considered for asylum and the…
Read MoreThe UK’s feebleness abroad and supply-chain problems at home show how absurd the Brexiters’ dream of a transformed nation wasSo much for Global Britain. The fiasco and tragedy of the retreat from Afghanistan have laid bare the folly of the Brexiters’ F…
Read MoreSupport cuts across party lines, with a majority of both Conservative and Labour voters against the pulloutAlmost half of the public believes that the US decision to end its military involvement in Afghanistan was wrong, according to a new Observer pol…
Read MoreForeign 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…
Read MoreHow 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…
Read MoreLabour and Lib Dems say Boris Johnson has serious questions to answer over foreign secretary’s roleLabour has questioned whether Dominic Raab should remain as foreign secretary, describing his behaviour as “utterly shameful” after it emerged he delegat…
Read MoreSenior Tory and Labour MPs united in their criticism of US president’s approach to Afghan crisisAfghanistan crisis: live updatesSenior British politicians have called on the government to repudiate Joe Biden’s comments on Afghanistan, saying the UK sho…
Read MoreFormer senior military and security figures say PM’s decision to depart was ‘dereliction of duty’Afghanistan live news: troops work to restart Kabul flightsBoris Johnson’s departure on holiday on Saturday, despite public warnings the Taliban would be i…
Read MoreTories and Labour MPs call for asylum in UK for refugees amid fears high-profile women will be targetedFollow Afghanistan live newsBoris Johnson is coming under pressure from his own MPs to urgently set up a new resettlement scheme for Afghan refugees,…
Read MoreAs 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 …
Read MoreDefeated measure aimed to give high court more power to protect minorities such as China’s UighursThe government has narrowly defeated a move requiring the government to reconsider any trade deal with a country found by the high court to be committing …
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