Afghans denied UK assistance after the fall of Kabul, says whistle-blower
Tens of thousands of Afghans were denied British government assistance after the fall of Kabul, according to a whistle-blower at the Foreign Office in London
The UK Foreign Office's handling of the Afghan evacuation after the Taliban seized Kabul was "dysfunctional" and "chaotic", a whistle-blower has said. Raphael Marshall said the process of choosing who could get a flight out was "arbitrary" and thousands of emails with pleas for help went unread. A government spokesperson said staff had "worked tirelessly" on the "biggest mission of its kind in generations".
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