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Raab rejects whistleblower’s claims over Kabul evacuation

Former foreign secretary defends record, saying UK brought out 15,000 people in two weeksToday’s politics news – live updatesDominic Raab has rebuffed a number of charges from a whistleblower who claimed there was an incompetent and chaotic response to…

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Whistleblower on UK’s Afghan evacuation: main accusations

Civil 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…

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Raab’s negligence over Kabul is now clear. If he had any honour, he’d quit | Simon Tisdall

Official cables confirm that the former foreign secretary could have foreseen the chaos of the Afghanistan withdrawal. He didn’t resign then. But he should nowDominic Raab is a clever man, but not perhaps a wise or especially honourable one. Chronic m…

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The Taliban are not the only threat to Afghanistan. Aid cuts could undo 20 years of progress

The most vulnerable people will bear the cost of sanctions, as services and the economy collapseWatching Afghanistan’s unfolding trauma, I’ve thought a lot about Mumtaz Ahmed, a young teacher I met a few years ago. Her family fled Kabul during Taliban …

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Senior Tory demands end to ‘unseemly’ Cabinet row over Afghan crisis

Tobias Ellwood, chair of the defence select committee, says spats are damaging the UK’s global standingBritain must rediscover the will to lead on global issues | Tobias EllwoodA senior Conservative MP is demanding an immediate end to the “unseemly and…

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Yesterday’s war: why Raab did not foresee Afghanistan catastrophe

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,…

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Dominic Raab seems to contradict PM by saying Taliban takeover was surprise

Foreign 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…

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Afghanistan: Raab hits back as Wallace says he knew ‘game was up’ in July

Labour 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…

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Evacuations from Kabul may resume ‘in near future’, says Raab

Foreign minister says UK must engage with Taliban in Afghanistan after meeting with Qatari officialsEvacuations may be able to resume from Kabul airport “in the near future”, the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, has said as he expressed a need for dire…

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UK defence secretary suggests US is no longer a superpower

Ben Wallace also contrasts his department’s handling of Afghanistan crisis with Foreign Office responseBen Wallace, Britain’s defence secretary, suggested the US could no longer be considered a superpower in an interview where he also contrasted his de…

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