Contractors forced to move between safe houses given green light to leave but others remain in the country

Nearly 100 British Council contractors forced to live in hiding since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan have been given the green light to come to the UK.

After 18 months of moving between safe houses while they were “hunted” by soldiers of the new regime, about half the contractors who worked for the council had their final security checks signed off.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Multi-billion Archegos losses will prompt banks to check hedge fund exposures

If some risk-control departments have been asleep, there is potential for trouble…

Ukraine troops have recaptured key village of Klishchiivka near Bakhmut, says Zelenskiy

Ukrainian president praises soldiers as general says ‘powerful damage’ inflicted on Russian…

Putin has to escalate to survive. There can be no peace until he falls

Germany’s Olaf Scholz wants a return to the prewar order. While Russia…

A team of vets, four ‘kumki’ and one tranquilliser dart: the plan to capture Kerala’s marauding elephant

Known as ‘Rice Tusker’ for his insatiable hunger, the 30-year-old pachyderm has…