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Afghan nationals: have you arrived in the UK under the Afghanistan Response Route?

We would like to hear from Afghans who have arrived or are due to arrive in the UK under the Afghanistan Response Route

The Guardian - UK

UK secretly resettled thousands of Afghans after major data leak raised safety fears

The details of nearly 19,000 Afghans who had applied to move to the UK after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan were released in error in 2022.

Euronews

The UK says thousands of Afghans have been brought to Britain under a secret resettlement program

Thousands of Afghans, including many who worked with British forces, have been secretly resettled in the U.K. after a leak of data on their identities raised fears that the Taliban could target them

The Independent UK

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Defence secretary issues apology over MoD data breach which put thousands of lives at risk

Defence secretary John Healey has offered a "sincere apology” following a data breach that put the lives of nearly 100,000 Afghans at risk of being killed by the Taliban.

The Independent UK

MoD could face ‘substantial’ compensation claims over data breach, lawyer says

Sean Humber, from law firm Leigh Day, said that a data breach of thousands of Afghans’ personal information was ‘catastrophic’.

Evening Standard

Ministry of Defence data breach timeline

A timeline of events in the data breach and how governments responded to it.

Evening Standard

How MoD covered up data breach that put Afghans at risk of Taliban reprisals

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Watch live: Defence secretary addresses MPs over secret Afghan evacuation after superinjunction lifted

Watch live as defence secretary John Healey addresses MPs after it was revealed the Ministry of Defence used a gagging order to cover up a major data breach that put the lives of nearly 100,000 Afghans at risk of being killed by the Taliban.

The Independent UK

‘Fundamentally objectionable’ that Afghan relocation decisions lacked scrutiny

The decisions affect the lives and safety of thousands and the commitment of billions of pounds of public money.

Evening Standard

MoD data breach latest: MPs vow to investigate Afghan leak ‘mess’ after defence secretary apologises

An unprecedented gagging order prevented details of the government breach being revealed for more than 600 days

The Independent UK

My court fight to lift superinjunction and expose government’s secret failings

Social affairs correspondent Holly Bancroft was one of a handful of journalists who knew about a catastrophic Ministry of Defence data leak – but an unprecedented legal order meant it could not be revealed. For two years, they battled to lift the draconian measures

The Independent UK

Inside the £7bn secret scramble to save lives after MoD data breach

After a leak at the Ministry of Defence, officials faced a race to keep up to 100,000 Afghans from the Taliban’s clutches – with two years of court fights and rescue plans projected to cost billions, all hidden from MPs and the public. Now, after the lifting of an unprecedented…

The Independent UK

Catastrophic MoD data breach that put up to 100,000 lives at risk finally revealed as superinjunction lifted

More than 16,000 Afghans were secretly brought to the UK in the largest covert peacetime evacuation after the MoD put them in danger of being targeted by the Taliban. Social affairs correspondent Holly Bancroft reports

The Independent UK

US court briefly pauses Trump’s move to end protective status for Afghans

Appeals court blocks Trump administration from removing temporary protective status of nearly 12,000 Afghans.

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Capital & Main

Tortured by the Taliban, Locked Up in the U.S.

The increasingly opaque path for protection adopted by Trump leaves those who fled their homeland with little hope.

The Independent UK

‘Message to America’: US tourists invited to explore Afghanistan in surreal video featuring a ‘comedy’ hostage scene

The dark production, which is reminiscent of Taliban hostage beheading videos, has emerged on its social media accounts, but it’s not clear if the group made it

The Guardian - UK

ICC issues warrant for Taliban’s supreme leader for persecution of women

Rights activists hail move to arrest Haibatullah Akhundzada and Afghan chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani for crimes against humanity

Euronews

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over women's rights violations

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for the Taliban’s supreme leader and the head of Afghanistan’s supreme court, who have limited girls' education and banned women's voices from being heard in public.

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The Independent UK

Hundreds of Afghan special forces wrongly rejected for sanctuary due to poor MoD decisions, High Court judge finds

Ministry of Defence ordered to publish ‘transparent and accurate’ information about review of Afghan commando cases

Al Jazeera

ICC issues warrants for Taliban leaders over alleged persecution of women

The Afghan group rejects the charges as ‘baseless rhetoric’, saying that it does not recognise the international court.

International Business Times

ICC Seeks Arrest Of Taliban Leaders Over Persecution Of Women

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity for persecuting women and girls.

The Independent UK

Arrest warrant issued for Taliban’s supreme leader over persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan

Taliban have imposed harsh measures that range from banning women from public places to girls from attending school beyond the sixth grade

The Independent UK

Pakistan launches crackdown on ‘pet’ lion ownership after woman mauled in Lahore street

Lahore lion attack sparks crackdown, with authorities raiding breeding farms and making arrests

The Independent UK

UN adopts resolution on Afghanistan's Taliban rule over US objections

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse their worsening oppression of women and girls and eliminate all terrorist organizations

International Business Times

Nearly 450,000 Afghans Left Iran Since June 1: IOM

Nearly 450,000 Afghans have returned from Iran since the start of June, the UN's refugee agency said on Monday, after Tehran ordered those without documentation to leave by July 6.

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