Mark Sedwill says decision to withdraw was ‘badly implemented’ and risks significant refugee crisis
The former cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill said the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan was “a bad policy, badly implemented”, which runs the risk of leading to a significant refugee crisis following the Taliban’s takeover of the country.
Sedwill, who was Britain’s most powerful civil servant until last September, warned the UK and its allies “do not have a coherent policy plan in place” to deal with any mass overland migration now the Kabul airlift is over.
