More than 100 Britons’ details in leaked Afghan dataset, including spies and SAS

The details of more than 100 Britons, including spies and special forces, were included in a massive data leak that resulted in thousands of Afghans being secretly relocated to the UK. Defence sources have said that details of MI6 spies, SAS and...

Sydney Kamlager-Dove addresses Afghan policy changes and violence against Americans abroad

Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, who represents California’s 37th district in the U.S. House of Representatives, recently addressed several national and international issues on her social media account.On July 16, 2025, Kamlager-Dove criticized...

Spies and SAS personnel among 100-plus Britons included in Afghan data leak

The details of more than 100 Britons, including spies and special forces personnel, were included in a massive data leak that resulted in thousands of Afghans being secretly relocated to the UK. Defence sources have said that details of MI6 spies,...

After causing destruction in Pakistan, TTP is now spreading its network in this Muslim country, not Afghanistan, tension for India due to...

Home News After causing destruction in Pakistan, TTP is now spreading its network in this Muslim country, not Afghanistan, tension for India due to… Last week TTP commander was killed in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but now these militants are...

DOD: ‘Temporary use’ of Camp Atterbury for ‘illegal’ immigrant detention wouldn’t affect operations

The main gate of Camp Atterbury is pictured in September 2021 in southern Johnson County. Daily Journal File Photo Camp Atterbury could be selected as one of two military sites to be used to house detained illegal immigrants, a letter from U.S....

Defence Secretary Healey disclosed details of secret Afghan database to Parliament - despite the Mail being blocked from reporting it

By SAM GREENHILL CHIEF REPORTER Published: 08:14 EDT, 17 July 2025 | Updated: 08:14 EDT, 17 July 2025 Defence Secretary John Healey disclosed details of the secret Afghan database to Parliament that the Mail and others were blocked from reporting....

Afghans 'handed priority over veterans for housing in Britain' after data leak disaster

Afghans given asylum in the UK following a mass data leak are being prioritised for housing over former soldiers, veterans have warned. Asylum seekers can become eligible for council housing after just nine months in the UK. And as revealed by...

Ex-minister claims he was misled over fate of Afghan elite soldiers abandoned by UK, as revealed by The Independent

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Ishaq Dar heads to Kabul to finalise tri-nation UAP Railway feasibility deal

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will visit Kabul on Thursday to sign a trilateral agreement for a joint feasibility study of the Uzbekistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan (UAP) Railway Project. Dar, accompanied by Federal...

More than 100 British government personnel exposed by Afghan data leak

DPM Ishaq Dar visits Kabul to sign framework agreement for UAP Railway Project

ISLAMABAD – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar is scheduled to visit Kabul today for a day-long trip to sign the Framework Agreement on the Joint Feasibility Study for the Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (UAP)...

Iran’s Expulsion of Afghans Deepens Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis

Afghan refugees, after being deported from Iran, rest at the Islam Qala border crossing between ... More Afghanistan and Iran on July 4, 2025. (Photo by Mustafa Noori / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by MUSTAFA NOORI/Middle East Images/AFP via...

West has stolen Afghanistan’s money: Russian official

A top Russian official has accused Western governments of stealing sovereign wealth from vulnerable nations, including Afghanistan. In an interview with Kommersant, Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Sergey Shoigu claimed that NATO countries...

The Afghan asylum leak cover-up saved lives

The United Kingdom’s immigration system is broken. Tens of thousands have entered the country who should not, and the bureaucracy which processes asylum cases is a creaking wreck. Those who do deserve a safe welcome are left in legal limbo for...

Voting age to be lowered to 16 by the next general election

For the first time, those under 18 will be able to vote in a general election (Picture: In Pictures via Getty Images) People aged 16 and 17 will be able to vote in the next general election, after Labour announced a major move to lower the voting...

UNHCR flags undignified deportations of Afghans from Iran, warns of regional instability

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative for Afghanistan, Arafat Jamal, has expressed concern over the intensifying deportation of Afghan migrants from Iran, coinciding with a...

Matt Vickers admits taxpayers will have to 'pick up the tab' for Afghan asylum scheme after 'disastrous' data breach: 'Huge consequences!'

Conservative MP Matt Vickers has declared that British taxpayers will be "picking up the tab" for the uncovered Afghan asylum scheme. Speaking to GB News, the Shadow Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire said the data breach was "disastrous" and...

Britain's trust in Government is at an 'all time low', Brooks tells GB News

The UK's Afghan asylum scheme has sparked a blistering row on GB News after a veteran told the People's Channel that he had been "evicted" to make way for those who were relocated. Hitting out at the £850million scheme, which was uncovered on...

Kazakhstan in Afghanistan: From Rhetoric to Infrastructure

The visit of Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu to Kabul (July 10–11) was a turning point not only for bilateral relations but also for the entire regional logistics agenda. While Astana’s previous statements about its readiness to...

How 2022 UK govt data leak spurred secret resettlement program for Afghan refugees

The British government on Tuesday (July 15) admitted to an accidental data leak of the identities of up to 100,000 Afghan nationals in 2022, which incited the risk of Taliban reprisal, and spurred a government program to provide asylum to...