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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

Ministers spent £2.4m fighting to keep huge Afghan data breach a secret

Ministers spent £2.4m in legal fees fighting to keep a catastrophic Ministry of Defence data leak secret for two years through the use of an unprecedented superinjunction, it has emerged.

The MoD leak, in February 2022, exposed the details of thousands of Afghans who said they were in danger from the Taliban because of their links to UK forces and now wanted to escape to Britain.

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