Former foreign secretary defends record, saying UK brought out 15,000 people in two weeks

Dominic Raab has rebuffed a number of charges from a whistleblower who claimed there was an incompetent and chaotic response after the fall of Kabul, saying he would make no apology for requesting officials redo urgent appeals for help from Afghans in a different spreadsheet format.

The chair of the foreign affairs select committee, Tom Tugendhat, said the testimony from former Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office staff member Raphael Marshall was shocking and meant there were serious questions for the FCDO to answer.

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