hundreds of Afghan special Forces Betrayed soldiers leaked their details by Britain’s betrayal Major data violation Before being released in the dark Possible threat to his life From Taliban, Independent Can reveal.
Leaked in February 2022 The names and contact information of 18,700 Afghans are included “In error” being shared One Ministry of Defense (MOD) Officer And inspired a top secret operation Thousands to scramble For security in Britain.
The names were members of two experts units, known as Triples, whose soldiers have faced torture and death by the Taliban as their role was shown by training and fighting side-by-side with the British army, as it has been revealed by this publication.
Independent One campaign requested Government After the collapse of Kabul at the Taliban in August 2021, members of the Triples Sanctuary in Britain were released after several.
It has now been revealed that initially about half of the commandos Known for transfer to Britain was influenced by Breach, which became the subject of one Draconian superin Fear that the dataset may fall into the Taliban’s hands.
Triple members only knew about the blunder as the British press was removed on Tuesday after a two -year legal battle after a two -year legal battle.
Hundreds of triple soldiers, along with their families, have been brought to the UK, but many people in Afghanistan are afraid, where their lives are still at risk.
Major General Charlie Herbert, who served with triples in Afghanistan, has urged the government to find out how many have made it in the UK and how many are still in Limbo.
He described the data leak episode as a “insult to duty” by the government, and questioned whether a superinjunction should have been placed anytime.
“I can’t believe that data violations occurred. I’m really worried that no one was aware of this. There were people in Afghanistan in that list, it is not known that the list was shared and could be in the Taliban’s hands,” he said.
He said, “What was the purpose of that prohibition, because the information was leaked? It was already on social media in Afghanistan, so its only impact was on the media’s ability to report the media,” he said.
Johnny Marser, a minister of the veterans of the former-tori, said: “The whole thing is frightening, it is time to stop deception and do the right thing by these poor people.
“The mod needs to be removed the remaining triple. There are enough subject matter experts to help them recognize, and then consider where we go from there.”
It emerged in court documents presented in early 2024, as part of the superinjunction case, that about half of the triples commandos that would be brought to the UK had leaked their data by the government.
In a witness statement, Natalie Moore, head of Afghan rehabilitation, said “MOD” would take 2,000 eligibility decisions for applicants claiming connections to Britain’s special forces, including applications from former members of Triple, about 50 percent of the affected people “.
As of this month, 300 Afghans with a link to expert units have been brought to the UK or on the way, and 1,800 are still coming.
Daniel Kerry, a partner of the legal firm DPG, who represents Triple, questioned why the risk people were not informed earlier.
He said: “We already know from many ARAP matters that the Taliban Risk government assessments are incredible – my customers have been detained despite government assessment and tortured that the risk was low for them.
“Afghans in the UK are concerned about the impact on their families and pending family members applications.”
The units were installed, paid and trained by the British, but soldiers of two units were denied transfer through Afghan transfer and aid policy (ARAP). The scheme promised to direct the Afghans directly, or who worked with the British forces, and who are in danger of reprimand.
Independent Raised the plight of Triples in November 2023 – officials came to know about leakage for the first time. After our investigation, MOD admitted that his decision was “not strong” and announced a review of around 2,000 applications for ARAP.
The High Court later heard that A UK special forces official oversee blanket rejection Of the 1,585 cases during the summer of 2023.
Mr. Kerry said that it was “incredible” that, one year after the data breech, another military officer had oversee a widespread denial of applications.
Last week, the High Court found that there were hundreds of Afghan special forces as a result of making faulty decisions, who wrongly dismissed the sanctuary with the British and left the Taliban.
Mr. Kerry said: “Our customers have experienced years of delay in the threat of the Taliban rebellion, which are waiting for legitimate decisions.
,The government refused to inform people affected by decisions in their matters (now reversed) and further delayed. Now we know that they have been put at risk throughout the time due to large -scale data leaks.
“Many triples are still in Afghanistan, about four years after applying, and now more at risk than ever. I hope the decisions will follow fast now.”
At the top of the reviewed 2,000 initial applications, additional cases up to 2,500 have been recognized for re -examination, as MOD has felt the importance of rearflated payroll data.
MOD has been approached for comment.