カテゴリー: Dominic Raab
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…
Sir Nicholas Kay says he feels shame over collapse to Taliban as he calls for lessons learned inquiry The former UK ambassador to Afghanistan Sir Nicholas Kay has said the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is playing catch-up with other coun…
People eligible to travel but left behind tell of ‘hugely mismanaged’ rescue effort as airlift draws to a end‘We feel hopeless now’: the British nationals left behind in KabulUK Afghans and stranded relatives speak of anguish as time to leave ebbsThous…
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab says two other people were injured in what he called a ‘despicable attack’Afghanistan: live updatesTwo Britons and the child of a British national have been confirmed to be among those killed in the Kabul airport attack.T…
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…
PM’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…
First minister raises ‘deep concerns’ about case of Jagtar Singh Johal, who has been imprisoned for four years awaiting trialNicola Sturgeon has written to the embattled foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, urging him to intervene in the case of a Scottish…
As deaths are reported in crush at Kabul airport, Keir Starmer leads calls for Dominic Raab to resign over UK’s ‘complacent’ responseAfghanistan is facing an “absolute catastrophe” involving widespread hunger, homelessness and economic collapse unless …
Support 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…
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…
Incompetent, negligent, isolated, increasingly disliked – Raab may just be the perfect ambassador for ‘global Britain’Is it possible to appear muscular while making a phone call? It is certainly the look that furiously committed political man Dominic R…
Labour 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…
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…