US EditionMoD braced for £1bn compensation bill over Afghan data leak scandal
- The United Nations and Human Rights Watch report that the Taliban has engaged in extrajudicial detention, torture, and killings against perceived enemies since taking control in August 2021.
- Data from the UK Ministry of Defence leaked the personal information of 18,700 Afghans, putting many at risk of Taliban retribution.
- The High Court found that the government's failure to handle the data correctly constitutes a 'dereliction of duty,' with promises of a review for additional applications at risk.
- The High Court found that improper decision-making caused hundreds of Afghan special forces to be left vulnerable, according to court documents.
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Data-Breach Afghans To Sue British State
The UK government is facing a multi-million-pound class action-style lawsuit from Afghans affected by the largest data breach in British history. As lawyers prepare to sue for compensation, the British public is astonished at the scale of government incompetence—including an unprecedented superinjunction and resettling thousands of Afghans in Britain without any meaningful or democratic consultation. At the time of writing, Manchester lawyers Ba…
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