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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tara Cobham and Andy Gregory

A plea to Ben Wallace: It’s time to listen over Afghan war hero - as campaign grows

The Independent

Defence secretary Ben Wallace is yet to answer The Independent’s call to give refuge to Afghan war heroes who served alongside British forces, despite previously saying the West must do it’s “very best” to “stand by our obligations” to those who supported the UK in Kabul.

This website launched a high-profile campaign after revealing how an Afghan pilot who served alongside the British army was forced to flee to the UK on a small boat and is now being threatened with deportation to Rwanda.

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