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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
August Graham

Fact check: Government sought injunction over Afghan data breach

The UK had a military presence in Afghanistan for around two decades. (MoD/PA) - (PA Media)

Reform UK home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf said on social media that former defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace “took out a superinjunction to keep the British people in the dark” over a 2022 data breach and subsequent resettlement scheme affecting thousands of Afghans who had worked with the UK.

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