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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Home Office admits errors after arrest of Nepali guards airlifted from Kabul

Inside an evacuation of flight from Kabul in August 2021.
An evacuation flight. Officials have released six of the 10 guards, who were among those to have risked their lives protecting UK embassy staff in Afghanistan. Photograph: Newspix International

The Home Office has admitted it made errors in the handling of the cases of some Nepali guards who risked their lives to protect British embassy staff in Afghanistan and were airlifted to safety in the UK after the Taliban took control of Kabul.

Ten of the guards who were living and working in the UK were arrested on 27 March in an immigration enforcement operation, handcuffed and placed in immigration detention centres. Some were given removal directions. Officials have released six of the guards, and the remaining four are likely to be released imminently.

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