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AAfghan heroes who fought alongside British and American troops are being hunted, tortured executed by taliban, Independent A thorough investigation may reveal the matter.
While the British government keeps trying its best bringing afghans to safetyWe have found that more than 100 Afghans working with British and US forces have been killed in the country since 2023. Others have been tortured.
That’s why we’re campaigning for Britain to live up to its moral duty to protect those who fight alongside our forces. thousands of afghans settled in the UK, and we are proud to have played a role in the Home Office’s decision to award the grant there will be indefinite leave For afghan pilot Who was threatened with deportation to Rwanda.
But as a nation we haven’t done much repay our debt of honor To all those brave Afghans who risked their lives alongside our soldiers. There are currently an estimated 4,200 applicants and their family members who are eligible to come to the United Kingdom under the Afghan Resettlement and Assistance Policy (ARAP) but who are still awaiting transfer.
Our new investigation confirms that these people are in real danger. In one case, a former commando we’re calling “Najmuddin” was approved to transfer to Britain six months ago. He served in one of two UK-funded special forces units, known as Triguna – After their numbers 333 and 444. But, before he could escape to safety, he was detained a few yards from his front door and taken to jail, where he was beaten so badly that he had to be hospitalized. He was eventually released from Taliban custody after about a month and remains in Afghanistan.
Of course, we accept that applicants for sanctuary in the UK must be vetted. There are substantial reports of people with links to the Taliban successfully claiming the right to immigrate to the UK, confirming that not all people wishing to come here are entitled to do so.
But in Najmuddin’s case, which is not unusual, it was examined by the Defense Ministry and he was cleared for transit. Still he was not given final approval. There are many others, either in Afghanistan or in Pakistan – or in some cases back in Afghanistan after being turned back by Pakistani authorities – who are still awaiting checks or final clearance.
Another source of delay is the time it takes for the Ministry of Defense to review the cases of Afghans who were initially rejected for transfer to the UK. We cannot be complacent about these people, especially after it emerged that thousands of applications were rejected without proper scrutiny. According to official figures, these people have to wait on average more than six months before their case can be reevaluated, and for those who ask to bring their family members to safety, reviews take an average of about 10 months.
We are concerned that the unspoken view among ministers and officials is that disruption and delay is a good way to discourage applicants. During the court case over the MoD data breach, which put thousands of Afghans helping UK forces at risk, a government barrister said it was a “fundamental fact” that reprisal attacks were not occurring on a scale that would indicate the Taliban were using information from the data leak.
If this was an attempt to reduce the threat of Taliban retaliation, our investigation establishes beyond any doubt that this is deeply mistaken.
Now is the time for the government to stop delaying and take the opposite approach. Four years after the fall of Kabul, Britain must comply with its obligations to our Afghan allies vigorously, but quickly and fully.