First report - Missing in action: UK leadership and the withdrawal from Afghanistan

Select Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee HC 169 24 May 2022
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 19 items (5 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 16 of 19 classified)
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2 Conclusion Rejected
Once the US decision was announced in February 2020, the UK Government should have immediately taken steps to develop a clear and coherent policv on who it would prioritise for evacuation; to gather and securely store information on eligible locally- employed staff, including biometric data; and to build contacts with …
Government Response Summary
The government does not agree that it failed to plan for a possible evacuation, or that the FCDO failed to plan for the possible closure of the British Embassy in Kabul and refers to further sections.
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10 Conclusion Rejected
Para 37
The failure to plan for the Special Cases evacuations, or to put in place a fair and robust prioritisation system, left the process open to arbitrary political interventions. This is illustrated by the case of the Nowzad animal charity. Amid intense media attention, its staff were called for evacuation at …
Government Response Summary
The Government does not agree that it failed to plan for a possible evacuation or that the FCDO failed to plan for the possible closure of the British Embassy in Kabul.
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