Defence policy
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Dozens of MPs sign letter urging UK to evacuate all Kabul embassy guards
Letter to defence secretary says promise of visas is hollow without plan to evacuate guards from Afghanistan D…
- Afghanistan, Defence policy, Islam, Joe Biden, Military, Politics, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, US news, World news
Nosedive in UK-US relations is another casualty of Afghanistan’s fall
Ministers are becoming openly critical of Joe Biden after being left in the dark about major decisionsSo much …
- Afghanistan, Boris Johnson, Defence policy, Dominic Raab, G7, Immigration and asylum, Joe Biden, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, US news, World news
Johnson to urge Biden to keep US troops at Kabul airport after 31 August
PM’s request to be made at G7 summit as Taliban increases grip on access to flightsBoris Johnson will lobby Jo…
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Funding for Afghan interpreters is limited | Letter
The families will be funded for just four months, says one readerI am sure that your readers will feel relieve…
- Afghanistan, Defence policy, Home Office, Immigration and asylum, Military, Politics, South and Central Asia
Britain must not desert its Afghan interpreters | Letters
Chris Philp, the immigration compliance minister, outlines the work of the Home Office in safeguarding interpr…
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Hundreds of Afghan security forces flee as districts fall to Taliban
Militants’ advance continues as Britain nears end of its two-decade deployment to countryThe Taliban’s rapid a…
- Aid, Asia Pacific, Brexit, China, Cyberwar, Defence policy, Europe, European Union, Foreign policy, India, Military, Nuclear weapons, Politics, Russia, South and Central Asia, Trans-Pacific Partnership, UK news, US news, US politics, World news
The Guardian view on defence and foreign policy: an old-fashioned look at the future | Editorial
A reconsideration of Britain’s place in the world is necessary. But this paper fails to meet the challenges of…
- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ben Wallace, Defence policy, Drones (military), Military, Nagorno-Karabakh, UK news, World news
UK wants new drones in wake of Azerbaijan military success
MoD wants to procure cheaper armed drones for UK as it studies lessons from recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabak…
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Afghanistan agony is a product of political self-delusion – and public indifference | Simon Tisdall
The Afghanistan papers revealed the same kind of US official groupthink that prolonged the Vietnam war – but w…