Article 5PMVK ‘They left us to die’: UK’s Afghan aid staff in hiding from Taliban

‘They left us to die’: UK’s Afghan aid staff in hiding from Taliban

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Katie McQue in Dubai
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Evacuation of employees, not contractors, splitting hairs', says HRW, warning of days left to save lives

Afghan employees who worked as contractors on UK aid projects fear for their lives after not being granted resettlement in Britain.

The Guardian has been in contact with four families who said they had been targeted by the Taliban because they worked for the UK government, and have now been forced into hiding.

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