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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

UK accused of leaving allies with ‘no safe route out’ of Afghanistan after ending evacuation support

The UK has been accused of leaving Afghan allies with “no safe route out” of Afghanistan after a “shocking” decision to end evacuation support for those promised sanctuary in the UK.

Defence minister Luke Pollard announced on Tuesday that the nearly 9,000 Afghans eligible to come to the UK but still awaiting relocation would get no help from the UK to flee the Taliban.

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