The High Court found that defective decision-making resulted in Afghan special forces, known as the Triples, being wrongly rejected for resettlement in the UK. Many of these commandos, who served alongside British forces, received blanket rejections from the Ministry of Defence following the Taliban takeover in 2021. The government acknowledged failures in processing their applications, leading to a review of thousands of cases. High Court judges mandated that the defence secretary publish a clear statement on the Ministry of Defence's review process and its findings.
Defective decision making resulted in hundreds of Afghan special forces who served with the British being wrongly rejected for sanctuary and abandoned to the Taliban, High Court judges have found.
Afghan commandos, who served alongside the UK special forces in Afghanistan, were left behind after the Taliban takeover in 2021 and received blanket rejections by the Ministry of Defence to their applications to resettle in the UK.
The High Court has found that there were numerous defects in the way their cases were handled. High Court judges have also ordered that the defence secretary John Healey must publish a transparent and accurate statement about the scope of the MoD review of cases.
Thousands of applications are being reviewed after the government acknowledged failures in how they were processed, highlighting the challenges faced by the Afghan special forces.
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