Keir Starmer warns of Afghanistan slipping into hands of terrorists

Labour leader demands that UK shows leadership and calls meetings of Nato and UN security council

The UK government must show leadership over the unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, the Labour leader has said, as a former head of the British army called on the prime minister to launch an urgent humanitarian aid operation.

Keir Starmer said there was a risk of a global terror group taking control of the country after the withdrawal of British and US forces, while Richard Dannatt said there was still time to show Afghans they were not being completely abandoned.