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Afghanistan was a war without a just cause, and simply a continuation of Western imperialism
The crisis in Afghanistan demonstrates that Western interventions only serve to create power vacuums that exacerbate the suffering of innocent people, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
A US soldier in Kabul

THE rapidly accelerating crisis in Afghanistan has been heartbreaking to witness. 

Yet even more distressing has been the cruel, ignorant response of the British government — which has been one of the key architects of the disaster.

We have learnt that Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab could not be bothered to take a five-minute break from his holiday to make a phone call that could have saved the lives of many Afghans who had helped the British occupation. 

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