Grant Bailey was working as security consultant in Kabul where he liaised with US state department
government is making it very difficult for the few ex-pats working there, making it very difficult to travel. A lot of people are trying to get to the bottom of what has happened to him, where he is being held, and under what charges.”
Bailey is believed to have returned to Kabul in September shortly after the Taliban took over and the US and UK forces withdrew amid chaotic scenes at Kabul airport. His employer has been contacted for comment. Bailey’s arrest underlines the continuing risks facing the small number of westerners who continue to work in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, hundreds of Afghans who worked for UK organisations, including the BBC, the British Council and UK forces, have been forced into hiding since the Taliban took over.said of his former colleagues
: “These people are living in constant fear of their lives. They were contracted under a British government-funded scheme to teach English teachers British values of diversity, inclusion and equality, the values that … the Taliban oppose. They were always told they were employees of the British government.”due to conflict, drought and an economic downturn.
In October, the World Food Programme’s executive director, David Beasley, said: “Afghanistan is now among the world’s worst humanitarian crises – if not the worst – and food security has all but collapsed.”
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