UK’s cavalier attitude leaves Afghans facing yet more fear and uncertainty

Not all Afghans who sought resettlement in the UK were eligible, but applying for asylum should not have put them at greater risk. Photograph: Getty Images

This week’s revelations about the UK’s dangerously cavalier treatment of Afghans who worked with British forces are shocking but not surprising.

The carelessness with which Britain went to war in Afghanistan was matched by the carelessness with which it left the country and its people to Taliban rule two decades later.