What we do and do not know

A major data violation that led thousands of Afghan secretly moving to England has become public knowledge for the first time this week.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court decided that it was time for the details to see the light of the day – but the revelations asked as many questions as they answered.

An E -Tablo, which includes the personal details of approximately 19,000 people who wanted to come to England to escape from the Taliban, was mistakenly leaked by an official working at the UK Special Forces Center in February 2022.

This anonymous official sent the document with E -Post while processing Afghan displacement applications outside the government team and entered the public property.

The police decided that there was no need for an investigation. BBC confirmed that he was not in the task he occupied during the violation

The leaked document contained the names, contact information of many people who believed in their relations with the British forces during the War of Afghanistan, in some cases and family information.

The leak appeared only when the names of nine people who applied to the UK in August 2023 appeared on Facebook.

BBC News understands an Afghan citizen who has been rejected for displacement He was responsible for sharing information on FacebookAnd a accelerated review of his application to get it was offered. It is understood that he is currently in the UK and is not believed to be facing any criminal offense.

Fearing that the document could fall into the hands of the Taliban, the government tried to suppress any information by taking a precautionary measure.

In September 2023, considering family members, he was afraid that 100,000 could be affected by the leakage.

In April 2024, the government secretly founded the Afghanistan response route (Arr) for people involved in the details to offer a way out of Afghanistan – but not about leakage.

This new, secret route left the main Afghan changes and aid policy (Arab) program.

Until May 2024, the Court has seen evidence that approximately 20,000 people may be suitable for displacement within the scope of the new plan.

Defense Minister John Healey said on Tuesday that about 900 people are already in the UK or that 3,600 family members are on the road.

Although these people did not specify whether they contain their families, 600 more offers were made.

We don’t know how many people on the leaked list are still in Afghanistan, but a court certificate has not been offered a displacement of a court certificate since May 2024.

In total, approximately 36,000 Afghan has moved to England since the withdrawal of international troops. Both Arr and Arab schemes are now closed.

It is certainly not possible to say that it was absolutely damaged as a direct result of the leak, and the mode refused to be drawn.

However, a retired officer Paul Rimmer found a review for the government at the beginning of 2025, the leaked document was “almost as much as fearful” and that he doubted that the information would be very valuable for the Taliban.

Considering that Mr. Rimmer could access data audiences related to the population of Afghanistan, Mr. Rimmer was not the only reason for his retaliation attack.

Authorized, murders and violations of human rights against former officials, while the concerns about a widespread ordeal campaign “decreased”, he said.

However, those involved in the leaked document see the disaster that increases the risk for themselves and their families.

The government has spent £ 400 million on the program so far and is waiting to spend more than £ 450 million.

This said it could cost “several billions of billions” in the high court in May 2024.

In total, the government said that since 2021, the ultimate cost of changing Afghans will be around £ 5.5 -6 billion.

Later, the defense secretary Ben Wallace applied to the Supreme Court on September 1, 2023 and asked for a precautionary measures to bring the leak to the public.

The government can call the Taliban list and use it to target people.

Justice Knowles said that the request was “extraordinary” and went “further” than the government asked, and raised him to super junk. This made it illegal to explain the details of the leak and to refer to the existence of the court decision.

In November 2023, the species of this was the first precautionary measure and another judge, who increased freedom of speech, was regularly reviewed by Chamberlain.

In May, he tried to remove the order in May, but the government objected and stayed before it was lifted on Tuesday.

Another precautionary measure has been given to prevent some of the most sensitive details in the leaked document from being explained to the public.

As of August 2023, efforts have been made to restrict the number of authorities who know the leakage in the mode, and then Prime Minister Rishi Rishi altar and other cabinet ministers were informed when.

In December 2023, Healey, the Shadow Defense Secretary at that time, was informed about the leak by the Minister of Armed Forces James Heapey.

Healey said the shadow cabinet was not explained more broadly after the general elections.

MPs were not informed about the leakage that led to questions about the ability of the joints to examine the subject.

BBC News understands that labor ministers decide whether they should see if they will lift the super junks in the autumn last autumn.

The hearing was held in November 2024, and a senior source was to be kept in the BBC News BBC News, the government’s position at that time, super junking should be kept in place “more work”.

However, the source said that the ministers acknowledged that it was necessary to examine the possibility of terminating super junks.

When the super control was removed, the seven media organizations realized the leakage and was prevented from publishing the details.

Additional Reports by Jack Fenwick