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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nicola Kelly

British Council has failed to support Afghan staff after fall of Kabul, former director warns

Joe Seaton

The British Council has been “shoddy, dismissive and lazy” in its failure to support staff left behind in Afghanistan, a former deputy director has claimed.

Joseph Seaton, who worked in Afghanistan until the fall of Kabul 18 months ago, said 109 of his Afghan colleagues remain in the country and in hiding, at risk of being targeted by the Taliban as a result of their links to the British government.

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