Cracks in the political scene of Great Britain were triggered by Foreign Secretary Dominique Raab, who did not do enough to urgently remove translators from the British military from Afghanistan. He ότι reportedly forgot to make the controversial phone call last week because ταν he was on vacation! The Labor leader has already reacted strongly to a debate in Parliament, which has left a scar on the British Foreign Secretary.
According to a DailyMail report, senior Foreign Ministry officials informed him last Friday that he would be in direct contact with his Afghan counterpart, Hanif Atmar, as the Taliban approached Kabul.
Officials told Raab – who was enjoying a luxurious vacation with his family in Crete – that he urgently needed help rescuing interpreters who had worked for the British Army, also pointing out that it was important the phone call is made by him and not by a junior minister.
But Raab did not make the phone call. Officials said he was not available and assigned the phone call to Lord Goldsmith, who was acting secretary of state, for as long as Raab was absent.
In fact, the Foreign Minister stated yesterday that “the Foreign Ministry was committed to make some other calls and this one was assigned to another minister”.
Precious time was lost
Nonetheless, The Afghan Foreign Ministry refused to immediately arrange a call between Mr Atmar and the British Undersecretary, as he was not his immediate counterpart. As a result, the two sides did not speak until at least the next day, as a result of which valuable time was lost before the Taliban seized power in Kabul.
The revelation by DailyMail is expected to rekindle the controversy over the British Foreign Secretary’s handling of the issue as a whole. Already the leader of the Labor Party in controversy in Parliament said characteristically: “I, however, if Kabul fell, I would not stay on vacation,” leaving tips for his stance on the issue.
It should be noted that many Afghan translators who collaborated with the British army are still trapped in Kabul and not only can not leave, but can not even reach the airport, which is controlled by the Taliban.
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