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Defense chiefs are preparing for a compensation bill of £ 1 billion on a data violation that reveals Afghans supporting the UK forces.
In 2022, when they appeared to have names or loved ones, approximately 100,000 people had the risk of Taliban death cadres – then “covered” by a unaware UK Gaging order.
This week, the destructive leak may open thousands of modes after the public has been made open.
“Killing List” E -E -E -Approximately 900 Afghan is ready to sue for mail leakage -lawyers say that thousands of people are ready to join them Reports the Sun.
Legal sources claimed that victims, whose lives are in danger, may have “five -digit payments”.
Adnan Malik in the Manchester Company Baleings Law, representing approximately 900, “The victims were subjected to real violence and death threats. In some cases, these threats were carried out in a tragic way. The alleged coins will change significantly between the demanders, we wait to wait up to five figures.”
This may see that the general compensation invoice has passed by £ 1 billion.
Special Forces Leakage
The February 2022 leak was caused by the Special Forces soldiers who accidentally shared a list of 18,714 people who applied to the UK after the Taliban Taliban took over Afghanistan.
The list took place in some cases that supported their last known places, how they served the British forces, and in some cases, including MPs, special forces and spies.
For some of those affected to come to the United Kingdom, the leak containing the details of a “secret route” was discovered only when he was taken to Facebook in August 2023.
The following month, the Torah government used a super Junction to stop journalists to inform violation. This was extended on Tuesday until it was removed by a Supreme Court judge.
A source of defense said yesterday: “The people on this list fought against the British forces in Afghanistan. They fought against the Taliban. First we allowed the Taliban to take over, and then these people come to help us.”
Hunt people
At that time, the defense secretary, Sir Ben Wallace insisted that it wasn’t a cover, and the Gaging order was to protect the Afghans at risk and did not apologize to do it.
Sir said that he had also applied for a four -month precautionary measure and did not know why Grant Shapps was converted into a superinjunction in September 2023, when he took over as a defense secretary.
Former Tor Deputy Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, Mr. Shapps said that the questions to be answered. Mr. Shapps has not commented yet.
Meanwhile, Zia Yusuf, the head of the Reform Government Productivity Department, launched a petition that called for an independent, judge -led investigation.
He said: “We want to know who made these decisions.”
Lawyers insisted that the precautionary measure is necessary to protect the lives of people with risk of retaliation.
Hundreds of Afghan special forces working in units known as triple, together with the SAS and SBs of the UK.
The trio carried out thousands of night raids against senior Taliban leaders and narcotic counter -operations.
Taliban ‘List of killing’
Last night, Taliban claimed that they had a list for years and claimed that they had hunted them.
A Taliban official said: “We received the list on the internet in the first days of infiltration. A special unit was started to find them and make sure they did not work with England. We are looking for and visiting family members.”
In 2023, the government coded the Rubific Operation Operation to miss about 4,500 people on the list.
Since the Taliban took over, new lives in England have been offered among 34,000 Afghan. This number is expected to rise to 43,000, and the government estimates that the total cost will be £ 7 billion.
A mode spokesman insisted yesterday that a compensation bill of £ 1 billion was “pure speculation”.
He said: “The government took a deep complex situation and has taken appropriate measures in line with the risk level of these individuals since he took office.
