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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bancroft

Minister grilled on plight of Afghan special forces paid by Britain

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Defence minister James Heappey was grilled by MPs on Monday over the plight of the Afghan special forces units who served shoulder-to-shoulder with British troops, but who have been abandoned by the UK.

The Independent revealed in a joint investigation that members of two elite units, known as the Triples, had been denied sanctuary in the UK despite being trained and paid by the UK government.

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