Afghanistan crisis: Johnson took holiday as Kabul was about to fall

Former senior military and security figures say PM’s decision to depart was ‘dereliction of duty’

Boris Johnson’s departure on holiday on Saturday, despite public warnings the Taliban would be in Kabul within hours, has been criticised as a “dereliction of duty” by former senior military and security figures.

It emerged on Monday that the prime minister and the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, took their summer holidays at the same time before both taking the decision to return.

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