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Warnings 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…
Defence secretary says British evacuation effort cannot continue once US troops leave KabulThe British effort to evacuate people by air from Kabul is “down to hours now, not weeks”, the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, has said.He admitted there was no …
Ministers are becoming openly critical of Joe Biden after being left in the dark about major decisionsSo much for the special relationship. As the Afghanistan crisis has unfolded, it has precipitated a high-speed deterioration in Anglo-American relatio…
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…
All of the 125-member security team will now be given the right to enter the UKThe government has made a dramatic U-turn on its refusal to offer support to a team of 125 Afghan guards who protected the British embassy in Kabul, and has promised they wi…
‘Where is Global Britain on streets of Kabul?’: Theresa May blasts UK failure in Afghanistan – video
The former prime minister Theresa May has suggested her successor, Boris Johnson, had hoped ‘on a wing and a prayer it’d be all right on the night’ once the S and its allies had withdrawn from Afghanistan.Johnson has faced anger from MPs about the UK’s…
PM says military defence of Afghanistan was not possible in absence of ‘American might’ Afghanistan live news: latest updatesBoris Johnson has faced anger from MPs about the UK’s failure to prepare for the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, as he made th…
Commander of UK’s evacuation effort says aim is 1,000 people a day leaving, but airport could be closed at any timeUS, UK and other western forces have helped to secure Kabul’s international airport, allowing the RAF to begin mass airlifts out of the A…
Desperate crowds gather at the airport as people try to escape after the Afghan capital fell to the Taliban on SundayLatest updates from Kabul Continue reading…
The UK defence secretary has admitted ‘some people will not get back’ as Britain tries to evacuate Afghan allies from Kabul, along with its own citizens, with British forces aiming to repatriate more than 1,000 people a day. Ben Wallace appeared to hol…
Sir Richard Barrons says withdrawal of western troops a ‘strategic mistake’ as Taliban make territorial gainsAfghanistan could once again become a base for international terrorism, according to a former senior UK military commander who has described th…
Chris Philp, the immigration compliance minister, outlines the work of the Home Office in safeguarding interpreters, while Barry Young says joined-up thinking is needed and Peter Simm highlights the danger to asylum seekers being told to relocate to Ka…
These men helped me when I was a soldier in their country. Britain’s refusal to help them reflects a racist history of denialThe plight of hundreds of Afghan interpreters who have served alongside British forces over the past 20 years is becoming incre…
I lost my comrade Kevin in battle. His sacrifice must not have been in vainWas it worth it? That is what many of us who served in Afghanistan are quietly asking as we watch with bewilderment and horror at what is unfolding.Four hundred and fifty-seven …
I lost my comrade Kevin in battle. His sacrifice must not have been in vainWas it worth it? That is what many of us who served in Afghanistan are quietly asking as we watch with bewilderment and horror at what is unfolding.Four hundred and fifty-seven …