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Sir Ben was defence secretary when a spreadsheet containing the personal information of nearly 19,000 Afghans was released ‘in error’ in February 2022

Thousands of people are being relocated to the UK as part of a secret £850 million scheme set up in the wake of the breach.

Leaked details are just another example of how the UK let down Afghans who believed in what Britain promised their country

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The leak itself placed all the Afghans listed in jeopardy. The superinjunction threatened to make the leak even worse, by giving the impression that all of those on it were – in the eyes of the Taliban – traitors

Accidental data breach that put Afghans at risk and led to covert resettlement scheme was subject to superinjuction

Commons remain tone deaf as superinjunction lifts lid on data leak and £800m Afghanistan Response Route

This isn’t the first time Afghans brave enough to work against the Taliban have been let down by Britain, but it might be the most shameful, says writer Diane Taylor

COMMENT: The British believe their word is their bond – but no one who’s dealt with us agrees, least of all in Afghanistan, world affairs editor Sam Kiley writes

Thousands of Afghans who worked with the UK and their families were brought to Britain in a secret programme after a 2022 data breach put their lives at risk, the British government revealed on Tuesday.