New evidence supports a whistleblower’s account of the UK’s disastrous Afghan exit.

MPs’ probe has revealed more facts about the UK’s mishandling of Afghanistan’s withdrawal, including “those abandoned to perish at the hands of the Taliba.”

According to the Observer, more evidence indicating that the administration bungled the pullout from Afghanistan has been handed to a parliamentary investigation investigating the operation.

The testimony of a Foreign Office whistleblower, who said that bureaucratic disarray, ministerial intervention, and a lack of planning and resources led to “people being abandoned to die at the hands of the Taliban,” is believed to be backed up by details from various government departments and agencies.

Thousands of emails describing critical cases of Afghans in danger were left unread for days at the height of the crisis, according to The Observer, with communications from senior MPs among those not to be opened. Even ministers in the government had emails that had not been responded to.

Tom Tugendhat, the Conservative chair of the foreign affairs select committee investigating the charges, told the Observer that others had contacted him to express their worries. Last Tuesday, he described evidence from three senior Foreign Office officials, in which permanent secretary Sir Philip Barton admitted staying on holiday for 11 days after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, as “absolutely remarkable.”

He stated he was now more convinced of Raphael Marshall’s devastating testimony, which he obtained from a junior employee in the Afghan Special Cases team.

“I’ve heard nothing that encourages me to believe he’s wrong,” Tugendhat added. “He, like many others, is deserving of more than an apology. They have displayed the honesty and ethical standards that we should demand from top government officials, but those characteristics are only found in the junior ranks, not the high ranks.”

Tugendhat stated that his committee was now reviewing additional evidence. “Since the hearing on Tuesday, I’ve been approached by persons from different government departments and, indeed, other agencies,” he said. “We’re debating how their evidence should be presented.

There is a widespread belief that this relates to something that is simply unacceptable, and that Britain deserves better.”

He said the committee would discuss the military aspects of the departure with Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. He stated, “We’re really eager to speak with the defence secretary, who has promised to attend.

” “We’d like to hear from the military on this.” We’d like to talk to everyone who has been involved in different areas. And we’ll have to get down and go over a lot of data.”

Tugendhat stated that he intended to wait for a complete report on the crisis before deciding who should be held accountable for any failures.

He did say, though, that the operation was a “whole government” failure, with the Foreign Office, the Home Office, and the Ministry of Defense all engaged. He claimed that as a result of the failure, allies in Afghanistan had been abandoned.

“On the ground in Afghanistan today, there are many people who are guilty of nothing more than dreaming and longing for a brighter future,” he remarked. “However, today’s Taliban win means that individual life prospects are going to deteriorate significantly.

We can already see it in numerous ways. Girls are being denied an education, and women are being discriminated against in the workplace. “These are grave violations of civil liberties.”

He added there were still some unanswered questions about the evacuation of roughly 200 dogs and cats from Kabul. In a rented plane, Pen Farthing, a former British Royal Marine who runs the Nowzad animal charity, flew with the animals.

Marshall, on the other hand, stated that few resources on the ground were required to ensure the animals made it to the plane. “The Foreign Office personnel made it clear that there was no resource diversion,” Tugendhat stated. “They also stated that the military unlocked the gates and took its time bringing those beasts in.” I’m not sure how those two propositions are compatible.”

“UK government workers worked tirelessly to remove more than 15,000 people from Afghanistan within a fortnight,” a government official said. This was the largest mission of its kind in centuries, and the country’s second-largest evacuation. We’re still trying to assist others in leaving.

During Operation Pitting, about 1,000 FCDO employees assisted British nationals and Afghans who were eligible to escape. Because of the size of the evacuation and the difficult circumstances, prioritization decisions had to be made fast to guarantee that we could assist as many people as possible.

We were not able to evacuate all of those we intended to, but our commitment to them is unwavering, and we’ve helped more than 3,000 people depart Afghanistan since the end of the operation.”