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Thousands of Afghans who were put at risk after their data was leaked by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in a catastrophic blunder are still waiting to be brought to safety in the UK, more than six months after the scandal, The Independent can reveal.
Around 400 people who supported British efforts in Afghanistan and later had their personal information breached by the UK government have been left “trapped” in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries, struggling to get out.
Some 1,900 of their family members have also been left in limbo. One Afghan analyst urged the government to “redouble its efforts” to get the final families out, saying hundreds still “live in real danger of reprisals from the Taliban”.
The latest figures, from December 2025, obtained through freedom of information requests, show how UK evacuations are “working far too slowly when people’s lives are threatened”, campaigners said.
Chair of the Defence Select Committee Tan Dhesi said that while bringing people from Afg..

As the Iran war stretches into its second month, anger is mounting among some White House officials, according to a new report.
Discontent over the Middle East conflict is concentrated among younger, “more-right wing” staffers, an unnamed source with knowledge of the matter told Politico.
“They’re very frustrated,” the individual said. “They didn’t love the war to start with, and since it began, the constantly contradictory messaging from the president himself, is just brutal, brutal for staff to deal with and making their life really hard. He puts his people in a really tough position, especially people who are public-facing.”
The 79‑year‑old Republican president and other senior administration officials have offered up multiple justifications for the war, citing an imminent Iranian threat to the U.S. while also pointing to regime change as a factor. Trump has also sent mixed signals about when the conflict might end and whether or not he intends to deploy ground troops.
A White Hous..