US EditionAfghan Files: Farage Attacks Government’s Handling of Afghan Resettlement Scheme
AFGHANISTAN, JUL 15 – The Taliban use forced home executions to enforce control and evade international scrutiny, increasing fear among Afghan civilians under their rule since 2021.
- On Tuesday, the British government revealed that a large number of Afghans who assisted British troops have been quietly relocated to the UK.
- The resettlement followed a 2022 data leak revealing nearly 19,000 Afghans' personal information, after which the then-Conservative government set up the secret program.
- The government had secured a strict superinjunction barring any mention of the program, which was lifted on Tuesday as the current Labour Party government made the program public.
- An independent assessment concluded that the disclosed information was unlikely to increase the danger of Taliban retaliation against Afghans, despite concerns following the data leak.
- The disclosure and resettlement program suggest ongoing efforts to protect Afghans associated with British forces despite security concerns resulting from the leak.
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The UK says thousands of Afghans have been brought to Britain under a secret resettlement program
Thousands of Afghans who worked with British forces have been secretly resettled in the U.K. after a leak of data on their identities raised fears that they could be targeted by the Taliban.
Britain: In the mercy of Taliban 20,000 Afghans after data leakage - News Bulletin 247
At the mercy of the Taliban is tens of thousands of Afghans After the British government’s leakage of personal data. A massive breach of data from the British Ministry of Defense has put the lives of about 20,000 Afghan nationals, and their families “at risk of serious violence”, as it was revealed. Details of the mistake can finally be made public, as a judge traveled a legal block requested by the government. The legal company Barings Law ac…
They were once benevolent fathers, loving husbands, or complicit brothers, but Afghan men were transformed into small soldiers to impose in families the kind apartheid advocated by the Taliban against women.
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