It is the government’s duty to help avert a humanitarian and human rights catastrophe, say Elizabeth Winter, Stephanie Draper and Christine Allen
As a new secretary of state, Liz Truss, takes the reins at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, continued support for the people of Afghanistan – many of whose lives remain at great risk – must remain a top priority.
Civil society groups and NGOs have been inundated with requests from people needing help to reach safer locations, but only a few have received it (‘They left us to die’: UK’s Afghan aid staff in hiding from Taliban, 17 September).
