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Former Afghan interpreters and veterans hold a demonstration in Parliament Square, London, calling for support and protection for Afghan interpreters and their families
SEVERAL thousand Afghans who worked for the British mission remain stranded in Afghanistan well over a year since the fall of Kabul, a damning report by MPs has said.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) admitted to the Commons defence committee that around 4,600 people eligible for relocation to Britain under a resettlement scheme have yet to be evacuated from the Taliban-controlled country.
The committee’s report today urges ministers to detail what action is being taken to ensure their safe passage to Britain.
Outrage greeted Donald Trump’s suggestion earlier this year that Britain stayed off the front lines. But evidence suggests our forces were at times pulled from the most dangerous fighting — not by military failure, but by pressure at home, says IAN SINCLAIR
The Islamic Republic is attempting to deflect from its own failures with a scapegoating campaign against vulnerable and impoverished migrants, writes JAMSHID AHMADI