'If I was a minister, I would feel deeply ashamed.' General Sir John McColl, former UK Special Envoy to Afghanistan, tells Newsnight the UK is not delivering on a pledge to help Afghans under threat from the Taliban after working with the British
A UK general who served in Afghanistan says the government should "feel deeply ashamed" after Afghans who worked with Nato were left in the country.
As part of another scheme, the Home Office previously said up to 20,000 Afghan nationals would be provided with a safe route to resettle in the UK. Gen McColl told BBC Two's Newsnight he believed "hundreds of Afghans who were eligible to come to the UK on the government's resettlement schemes are in hiding from the Taliban" over fears they would be killed for working with the British.
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