‘Don’t ignore us’: Afghans awaiting UK relocation fear time is running out

Some have waited years in Pakistan for Britain to fulfil its promises - and are now at risk of deportation

For a year after the fall of Kabul and the swift withdrawal of international allies from Afghanistan, Jawed* and his family were in hiding, evading the ruling Taliban as they counted the days waiting for relocation promises from the British government to be realised.

But that didn't happen. To this day, two years and two months [later], we're still living in limbo," Jawed, a former English teacher for the British Council, said from a hotel in Islamabad.