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UK Tells Talibans to Honour Agreement if They Want to Access Afghan Funds in Overseas Accounts
Britain said on Monday that it would do everything possible to rescue more than 300 Afghans who assisted its armed troops but are now imprisoned by the new Taliban rule.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson refused to respond to a question in parliament about how many British-Afghans remained after a rushed Western airlift concluded.
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Thousands of people were flown out of Kabul on crowded Royal Air Force jets, but he added 311 people, including interpreters, who are eligible for the UK’s Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy, were left behind.
“We will do everything we can to ensure that those people get the safe passage that they deserve,” Johnson said.
The airlift was “one of the most spectacular operations in our country’s post-war history”, he said, vowing an “equal effort” to house and educate Afghans newly arrived in Britain.
Johnson demanded the Taliban honour commitments to allow out those wishing to leave, and to respect women’s rights, if the they want to gain access to billions of dollars in Afghan funds frozen overseas.
“We will do everything we can to ensure that those people get the safe passage that they deserve,” Johnson said.
The airlift was “one of the most spectacular operations in our country’s post-war history”, he said, vowing an “equal effort” to house and educate Afghans newly arrived in Britain.
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Johnson demanded the Taliban honour commitments to allow out those wishing to leave, and to respect women’s rights, if the militia wants to gain access to billions of dollars in Afghan funds frozen overseas.
Speaking ahead of the 20th anniversary of Al-9/11 Qaeda’s strikes on Saturday, the prime minister challenged the Taliban in particular to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for extremists to undertake attacks elsewhere.