Thousands Afghan have already been relocated to United Kingdom In the context of one secret government programwhich was created after serious leak their personal data by a British official.

As the Bbcthe leak was noted in February 2022 and concerned personal information almost 19,000 Afghans who had applied for relocation to Britain after taking power by their Taliban. The previous government was informed of the leak just in August 2023, when some of the figures appeared on Facebook.

Nine months later, a one was created New Secret Restoration Program for the people included in the list, through which they have reached approximately 4,500 Afghans in the UK.

However, the existence of both the leak and the program remained secret, as the government had secured ‘sUper-Injunction ‘(prohibition of publicizing even the existence of the prohibition) In order not to have journalistic coverage.

All this came to light on Tuesday, after a decision of Supreme court of London who was the order. The leak included names, contact information and family information that may be at risk due to the Taliban.

What was revealed:

  • The Ministry of Defense considers that 600 Afghan soldiers and 1,800 relatives included in the leak are still in Afghanistan
  • The AFGHAN RELOCATION ROUTE has already cost £ 400m, and is expected to cost another 400-450m.
  • The program stops but those who have already received relocation offer will keep it
  • The leak was accidentally caused by an anonymous employee of the Ministry of Defense, through a file shipment outside approved government systems
  • Interested parties were officially informed just on Tuesday

The Minister of Defense John HileySpeaking to the House of Commons, he asked for a “sincere apology” to the affected, stressing that it was a serious official mistake. He revealed that even he, as a shadow then Minister of Defense, could not speak publicly about the issue due to the unprecedented ban.

The leader of conservatives Cammy Badenoch apologized on behalf of the party, stating: ‘Someone made a tragic mistake and names leaked … we’re sorry for that. It shouldn’t have happened.‘

Dangers and concerns

Judge Chamberlain, in his ruling, noted that some of those who saw the document on Facebook were members of the Taliban or transferred it to Taliban-Subordinates. Although it was initially estimated that up to 100,000 people were directly in danger due to the leak, a review ordered by the Ministry of Defense estimated that it was “very unlikely” by a person to be targeted exclusively because of their data.

The ministry declined to answer the question of whether there are confirmed deaths or arrests due to the leak.

The judge described the ban on publication as a cause of “vacuum accountability” in the democratic process, stressing its impact on public dialogue and transparency.

It was also revealed that then Defense Minister Ben Wallace personally called for the imposition of the order to give the government time to help those who may have been in danger.

The ministry sent information messages to the influenced, inviting them to watch out for their online presence and to avoid unknown shippers.

The case is throwing a new shadow in the 2021 evacuation operation when the Taliban occupied Kabul after the US left. The British government had then activated the ARAP program for the rapid transport of Afghans they were in danger.

The company has already been strongly criticized as “destruction” and “betrayal” by the House Foreign Affairs Committee.