Ex-Afghan troops ‘abandoned’ by UK face deportation threat
Ex-Afghan troops ‘abandoned’ by UK face deportation threat
Kabul: AROUND 200 Afghan special forces personnel, stranded in Pakistan while awaiting relocation to the UK, are facing deportation back to the country they escaped from in 2021, according to BBC.
The report says the personnel, trained and funded by the UK, fled to Pakistan after the Afghan Taliban took over Kabul.
The fears for the Afghan commandos come as it was revealed the government also rejected calls from senior British diplomatic and military figures to offer asylum to key Afghan leaders whose lives were in danger.
The future of the Afghan soldiers appears to be in limbo after it was revealed that the UK government did not pay heed to the call for “urgent help” for 32 former governors and officials who worked with the UK and US in Afghanistan’s Helmand province.
BBC report claims soldiers stuck in Pakistan are being refused relocation
BBC reported that it obtained a private letter sent in March 2022 to the Foreign Office seeking help for these officials who had applied for relocation to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Programme (Arap). The scheme is for officials employed by the UK government or those who worked alongside one of its departments.
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