Operation Warm Welcome is the cosy name for the British effort to help thousands of terrified Afghans after they won sanctuary in the UK following the Taliban takeover of their country five years ago.
We were told that those rescued during a dramatic airlift included interpreters and other loyal Afghans who, for 20 years, had worked for British forces first dispatched to fight the ‘War on Terror’ after the 9/11 attacks.
By 2021 that mission was over. The West’s battle against the Taliban was lost when the Americans abruptly pulled out. In Britain, people from all walks of life prepared to do
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