Coverage dated December 6, 2021

Afghan evacuation 'arbitrary and dysfunctional,' British whistleblower testifies

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A whistleblower criticized Great Britain's handling of the evacuation of Afghan refugees as "arbitrary and dysfunctional" during

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The Guardian
Whistleblower on UK’s Afghan evacuation: main accusations (opens The Guardian)
Published Dec 6, 2021
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Raphael Marshall says civil servants scrambling to save Afghans were ‘appalled by our chaotic system’
The Hill
Afghan evacuation 'arbitrary and dysfunctional,' British whistleblower testifies (opens The Hill)
Published Dec 6, 2021
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A whistleblower criticized Great Britain's handling of the evacuation of Afghan refugees as "arbitrary and dysfunctional" during
CNN
'Chaotic' British response left thousands of Afghans unable to flee the Taliban, whistleblower claims (opens CNN)
Published Dec 6, 2021
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Thousands of desperate Afghans were unable to flee the Taliban following the fall of Kabul because the British government's response to the crisis was disorganized and slow, a whistleblower has claimed.
Washington Post
British whistleblower details ‘chaotic’ and ‘dysfunctional’ Afghanistan evacuation that ignored the pleas of thousands (opens Washington Post)
Published Dec 6, 2021
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The former desk officer in the U.K. Foreign Office said thousands of emails went unread, describing decisions on whom to rescue as “arbitrary."
The Guardian
Whistleblower condemns Foreign Office over Kabul evacuation (opens The Guardian)
Published Dec 6, 2021
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Ex-diplomat claims string of failings within department led to ‘people being left to die at the hands of the Taliban’