US EditionDefence Secretary offers ‘sincere apology’ for leak of Afghans’ personal data
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 16 – The Ministry of Defence data breach exposed nearly 19,000 Afghan nationals’ details, triggering a secret £400 million relocation scheme and a superinjunction that delayed public disclosure for over two years.
- In February 2022, a UK official accidentally leaked personal data of nearly 19,000 Afghans seeking relocation after Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021.
- The leak led the then-Conservative government to secure a super-injunction from September 2023, preventing parliamentary and media scrutiny until it was lifted this week.
- A secret resettlement scheme called the Afghanistan Response Route began in April 2024 under the Conservatives to help those at highest risk, with 4,500 relocated so far at a cost of £400 million.
- Defence Secretary John Healey apologized in July 2024 after Labour took power, describing the super-injunction as "deeply uncomfortable" and stating ministers have serious questions to answer.
- The affair raised constitutional and free speech concerns, with the Metropolitan Police deciding no criminal investigation was needed, and uncertainty remains about whether the Taliban accessed the leaked data.
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