UK blasted for Afghanistan evacuation response

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LONDON: The British government was on Tuesday (Dec 7) accused of botching its handling of the evacuations from Afghanistan, after claims it was unprepared and could have done more to help. The chairman of the cross-party foreign affairs committee, Tom Tugendhat, said the emergency response to the Taliban t

LONDON: The British government was on Tuesday accused of botching its handling of the evacuations from Afghanistan, after claims it was unprepared and could have done more to help.

Whistleblower Raphael Marshall said just five percent of between 75,000 and 150,000 Afghan nationals who applied to flee under one UK repatriation scheme received help because of the"chaotic" and"dysfunctional" response in London. "The evidence we've heard today points to a lack of leadership, urgency and adequate resourcing," he added.

But he maintained there was"no inevitability" that Kabul would fall by the time he left on vacation, and that his presence would not have made a difference to the outcome.

 

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