Shock as Britain turns its back on Afghans who loyally helped UK forces during two decades in Afghanistan with sudden closure of lifeline ARAP scheme
Hundreds of Afghan for the shelter in England in exchange for their loyalty to the UK were ‘betrayed’ when the ministers suddenly cut a life line to help them.
During the twenty years of Britain in Afghanistan, the Afghans owed a debt to work with the British troops and authorities, and now faced the ordeal of the revenge Taliban warlords who are now governing the country.
Daily Mail’s award -winning ‘Betrayal to Cesur’ campaign helped to establish a plan to re -place thousands of Afghan in the UK.
Today, however, without warning, the government suddenly closed the Afghan changes and aid policy (Arab) new applicants.
The decision, which has shifted without making any announcements, spread panic among those who umancies to make a new life in security in the UK. Campaigns estimate that it may affect about 800 people.
The shock closure of the program – today on 15:00 – an uncertain home office policy document was confirmed in a ‘explanatory memorandum’.
Decision – Lack of announcements – while establishing a plan, former defense secretary Ben Wallace is flying in the face of public words.
Mr. Wallace said in 2020: ‘We want to send a message because we will look at you wherever you work with the British wherever we place it.’
Afghan interpreter for the British army on the façade in Helmand ‘Shaffy’ and once a visit in 2011, David Cameron was translated
The Taliban fighters who took over Afghanistan are looking for ‘traitors’ working with the British – people they caught with torture and death have been reached
England is now closing a shelter for those hunted by revenge Taliban executives.
Today, the former façade interpreter Rafi Hottak, who patrolled with British forces in Helmand, said he was betrayed by the sudden announcement. “I was deeply shocked by the news that the British government has scrapped the Arab program, and a program that honors Britain’s moral obligation against the brave Afghan men and women standing shoulder to shoulder with British forces in Afghanistan.”
“ Most of these individuals put their lives for the Mission of England. Today, they are faced with Taliban’s hiding in the hands of the Taliban, cruelty, torture and death. Thousands of people are waiting for years without deciding on their applications and hopes that the country they serve will not leave them. This hope is now off. ‘
They are hiding in the hands of the Taliban and face persecution, torture and death
Former sergeant Major Colin Dawson, who served two rounds in Afghanistan and struggled to help the people he works with Taliban Escape, said: ‘If we had left people – and we look so wrong. We have the duty to pay attention to these people who serve with us.
After all these years, there are people we still have to help. Many people have been rescued and we should be grateful for it, but my Arab experience was negative, I tried to help a interpreter who was still in the country – they were beaten and abused – but the Arab could not answer. The last situation was only last week. This extremely disappointment, these people need desperate and still hopes that they are taken from them. ‘
Rafi Hottak, who patrolled with England forces in Helmand, said that he was betrayed by the sudden announcement
Mr. Hottak said: ‘Most of these individuals put their lives for the Mission of England. Today, they are hiding in the hands of the Taliban and face persecution, torture and death.
There are 1,010 translators whose contracts are ‘terminated’ without the right to appeal. In the picture: A Taliban fighter on an armored vehicle is loading a gun outside the airport in Afghanistan.
Mail won awards for the ‘betrayal of Cesur’ campaign to help hundreds of translators serving with British forces and save numerous lives as ‘eyes and ears’.
After leaving Afghanistan, the British were left to defend themselves while the Taliban Bing’s ‘infidels’ who helped England. The campaign’s campaign, along with campaignists and many former British officers, led the government to establish an Arab plan to give shelter to those who deserve our support.
Professor Sara De Jong, A Founding Member of the Sulha Alliance Which Campaigns for Interpreters and Those Who Worked For Britain, Said: ‘Who Luke Pollard As Minister for the Armed Forces Righttly Thanked the Civil Servants and Military Personnel for the Relocation and Integration of Eligible Afghans, it is high time that the government acknowledged that none of this would have been Possible with the veteran and other advocates, Charities, Lawyers, Journalists and the government to fulfill the government to fulfill the promise of the government Volunteers who continue to add.
The sudden announcement of the AAP is a shock for the magazine alliance and the Afghan interpreter community and other locally working civilians. Sapakçe says the government’s own Arab website has not been updated yet and the plan is “open”. Sapakçe says the government’s own Arab website has not been updated yet and the plan is “open”.
‘Closing is a very strange criterion for the “applicants should have sent their applications to their applications before 15:00 BST on 1 July 2025”. “Afghan applicants deserved this new rule in advance while teaching Afghans, especially the British government on good governance and transparency.
“ Although many of them have not been for years, there is no information about what will happen to the applicants who demand to review a negative decision waiting for months. ‘
Erin Alcock, a lawyer from Leigh Day company, said: ‘A lawyer who helped applicants said:’ The decision to close the Afghan displacement plans immediately is worried about any notification.
The decision -making process within the scope of the Arab plan has been weak and poorly managed since the establishment of the plan.
“ We are aware of the cases that individuals are forced to pass again and repeatedly before they are finally accepted.
“The decision to close the program immediately and without making any notification, the risks that those who pass through this process fall between the gaps, the risks that they cannot re -resort to.
‘Many vulnerable individuals in Afghanistan are resorting to any other way, and they are waiting for years to make more paths under the ACR they can apply. There is no chance of deciding not to make any other roads, displacement of them to security. ‘
Last night, the Minister of Arms Forces Luke Pollard said: ‘After the seizure of the Taliban in 2021, we may be proud of our personal security by presenting one of the most generous Afghan re -displacement programs in the world. So far, more than 34,000 Afghan has successfully settled in England and started to rebuild their lives in this country.
While the government continued to support the Afghan re -settlement program, we said that these plans cannot continue indefinitely.
‘To be open, all applications taken so far will continue to be processed. Suitables will be considered for automatically displacement of close family members, such as a spouse and children under the age of 18.
‘Without the contribution of our Afghan friends and allies, the UK personnel working in Afghanistan would have a harder and more dangerous job. At the end of this parliament, the goal of the government fully replaced our moral obligations to support our mission in Afghanistan, the appropriate ones. ‘
