Damning claims from a whistleblower about failures during Britain’s evacuation from Afghanistan will be presented to MPs today.
The government is accused of being unprepared for a huge number of cries for help from Afghans at risk because of their links with the UK.
Some of those Afghans have since been murdered, it is alleged.
Dominic Raab is accused of an inadequate response to the crisis
The foreign secretary at the time, Dominic Raab, is accused of responding too slowly and inadequately to the crisis.
The claims will be made in written evidence by a desk officer at the Foreign Office, Raphael Marshall.
Speaking before the hearing, chair of the foreign affairs select committee, Tom Tugendhat, said that the allegations undermined government claims about the period.
“The evacuation has been described as a success by some, but these allegations point to a very different story – one of lack of interest, and bureaucracy over humanity,” he said.
Mr Marshall claims that at the height of the evacuation effort,…
