UK security watchdog could demand access to intelligence on Afghan crisis

Intelligence and security committee very likely' to call in analysis after PM says swift Taliban takeover unforeseen

Parliament's security watchdog is expected to demand to see the secret intelligence analysis behind the west's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, sources have said, after ministers claimed they were caught unawares by speed of the Taliban takeover.

The intelligence and security committee (ISC), which is chaired by the Tory MP Julian Lewis, has the power to demand intelligence documents and haul spies before it to give evidence.