Information that led to the Afghan data leak superinjunction being lifted was available last year, the government has admitted, raising questions over why the unprecedented gagging order was maintained for so long.
The major leak in February 2022 exposed the personal information of 18,700 Afghans seeking sanctuary in Britain, prompting an unprecedented court order banning any details of the leak from being revealed amid fears it would fall into the hands of the Taliban and put up to 100,000 people at risk.
