‘Shameful’: Afghans who helped UK abandoned to a life of fear under the Taliban

Home Office accused of failing to ensure safety of thousands including teachers and translators

Thousands of Afghans who worked for the UK have been abandoned and remain at risk from the Taliban a year after the evacuation from Kabul, a coalition of human rights groups has said.

In a parliamentary briefing, nine expert groups on Afghanistan criticised the British government's resettlement schemes as unjustifiably restrictive". They said it was deeply concerning that the government is currently not offering a safe route for many Afghan women and girls or to oppressed minority groups.