Former Taliban fighters are living in the UK after being secretly airlifted from Afghanistan on British mercy flights, reports the Mail. Here’s an excerpt:
This newspaper revealed earlier this month a British military official catastrophically wrongly shared a database of 100,000 Afghans who had applied for sanctuary in the UK. …
So far, 18,500 of the Afghans it imperilled have been flown to Britain or are on their way in taxpayer-funded jets, under a covert airlift, codenamed Operation Rubific.
A total of 23,900 are earmarked for arrival. They are living in MOD homes or hotels until permanent homes are found.
But now, former Taliban fighters themselves have reportedly been brought to this country under the airlift scheme, the Telegraph reports.
Sex offenders, corrupt officials and individuals put in prison under Afghanistan’s US-led coalition are also among those accepted for resettlement in the UK.
It is because they were on the leaked list of names of Afghans who had applied to come to the UK.
Several individuals on list had also previously had their applications rejected for violent or sexual assaults.
A 23-month High Court super-injunction, only lifted this month, previously prevented the media reporting on the leak and the airlift operation, keeping the public in the dark. …
Senior sources have now said people with Taliban connections managed to infiltrate the evacuation scheme and get fighters from the militant group to the UK.
They did so in some cases by naming the Islamic fundamentalists as relatives or dependents who would need to accompany them to this country.
One Afghan official revealed: “We had civilians in our office who had clear ties with the Taliban.”
Another explained it was “corrupt” Afghan officials who were getting people with Taliban connections to Britain, on the scheme intended for actual UK allies.
It was facilitated by UK officials tending to rely on these corrupt Afghan representatives for advice, they added: “It’s depressing.”
Another said: “They are not good for Britain. They were fighting against British forces and killed lots of Brits but now are being fed by Brits in London.
“They have British blood on their hands.”
The Ministry of Defence has previously revealed some Afghans who entered the UK on the scheme brought more than 20 relatives with them.
Four such Taliban sympathisers who are said to have entered the UK under the airlift scheme have reportedly been named so far.
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