Iran seeks Taliban help to hunt down MI6 spies from leaked ‘kill list’ | UK | News
The leaders of Iran’s revolutionary guards approached the Taliban to access a leaked list of Afghans who helped the British forces to hunt suspicious MI6 spies.
It is reported that the Tehran regime is willing to examine about 25,000 Afghan list working with British personnel, hoping to use information as a leverage before the nuclear negotiations planned for this autumn. Telegraph reports.
The “List of Kills” includes the names of Afghan citizens who have applied for asylum, including soldiers, intelligence assets and special forces members working with the British army. It is believed that some individuals on the list have escaped to Iran.
In a sign of cooperation between the two regimes, at least one allegedly involved in Afghan was recently deported from Iran to Kabul.
A senior Iranian official in Tehran confirmed that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) wanted the Taliban government to share the leaked document. It is understood that the intelligence assets of MI6 will be given priority in the searches.
He said: “There are also efforts to find a list with a special committee on the Iranian side. Discussions were made between Tehran and Kabul about cooperation, because both countries can help both countries to negotiate with the West.”
It is understood that the Taliban leadership in Kandahar instructed the authorities in Kabul to arrest many people from the leaked list by using London as diplomatic bargaining chips.
In February 2022, the sensitive database was accidentally leaked when he sent a Royal sailor’s entire file to Afghan contacts in the UK instead of just a small quote.
The electronic table included the names, phone numbers of the Afghan soldiers, government officials and family members looking for displacement under the policy of relocation and aid after the Western troops were withdrawn in 2021.
The list also includes the identities of MI6 operators supporting more than 100 British Special Forces personnel and Afghan applicants.
