Phil Riley, head of Blackburn with Darwen Council, said these men “risked their lives defending British forces” and have rightfully gained the right to stay ... those who once stood by its armed forces.
British MP Danny Kruger warned thousands of Afghan refugees entered the UK without links to British forces, urging stricter vetting and targeted resettlement for genuine allies.
(MENAFN - The Conversation) When thousands of Afghans were quietly flown to the UK under a secret relocation scheme, few knew it was triggered by an error. A defence official had accidentally leaked ... .
Hundreds of paratroopers have been mobilising to practise the UK armed forces' response to an emergency war-like scenario ... The 16 Air Assault Brigade is the BritishArmy's instant response force ... "In this instance... .
But only about 1,000 Afghans served with British forces ... Now the public can see for the first time the true scale of the ineptitude of the British state, through two successive governments, concerning Afghanistan.
Detainees were regularly executed and unarmed people killed in their sleep during night raids, according to ex-soldiers.| Read More Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera ....