Row erupts in cabinet over evacuation of UK diplomats from Kabul

Exclusive: defence secretary accuses Foreign Office of leaving MoD staff to handle visa fallout, say sources

Cabinet splits have emerged over Afghanistan, with the defence secretary, Ben Wallace, accusing the Foreign Office of evacuating diplomats while leaving soldiers and Ministry of Defence staff to handle the fallout of the Taliban takeover.

The frustrated minister told colleagues he believed there would be “a reckoning” for the Foreign Office after the crisis, sources told the Guardian.

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