Thousands of protesters have descended on the center today London to demonstrate against the UK’s reaction Afghanistan Difficulty.
marchers rally outside Downing Street and occupied Oxford Circus and Hyde Park because they criticized the government’s handling of Taliban Occupying the Middle East Nation.
Men and women lit green and red fires in the street, waved the country’s flag and put up huge banners during the protest.
The Taliban launched their final assault on Kabul on Sunday and seized power after President Ashraf Ghani fled to Dubai, reportedly with cash and luxury cars.
The West’s immediate response was widely criticized as it evacuates civilians but largely leaves Afghans in the hands of brutal Islamists.
Thousands of protesters descended on central London today to demonstrate against Britain’s response to the Afghanistan crisis
Marchers rallied outside Downing Street and occupied Oxford Circus and Hyde Park as they criticized the government’s operation by the Taliban on the Middle East nation.
Men and women light green and red flames in the street, wave the country’s flag and put up huge banners during the protest
The Taliban launched their final assault on Kabul on Sunday and seized power after President Ashraf Ghani fled to Dubai, reportedly with a stash of cash and luxury cars
The West’s immediate response was widely criticized as it evacuates civilians but leaves largely Afghans in the hands of brutal Islamists
Protesters faced rain today to help stranded civilians and call on Britain to do more to stand up to the terror group.
They took to the street in dimmer colors of red and green – the two colors in the Afghan flag – after flares.
One banner said: ‘Stop harassing Afghan women.’ Another read: ‘Talibs have not changed.’ While another added: ‘We want peace.’ The Metropolitan Police has been contacted for comment.
NATO countries are evacuating their civilians from Afghanistan this week and it is believed that 12,000 people have been rescued so far.
But eyebrows have been raised about attitudes toward Afghan civilians, with the criteria for boarding an evacuation plane being widely questioned.
Protesters faced rain today to help stranded civilians and call on Britain to do more to stand against the terrorist group.
They walked down the street in a dimmer of red and green – the two colors in the Afghan flag – after the flare
One banner said: ‘Stop harassing Afghan women.’ Another read: ‘Talibs have not changed.’ While another added: ‘We want peace.’ The Metropolitan Police has been contacted for comment.
NATO countries are evacuating their citizens from Afghanistan this week and it is believed that 12,000 people have been rescued so far
But eyebrows have been raised about attitudes toward Afghan civilians, with the criteria for boarding evacuation aircraft being widely questioned.
Dominic Raab refused to apologize for failing to make an important phone call last night while he was on leave to seek help for Afghan translators.
boris johnson insisted yesterday that he had ‘absolutely’ full confidence in foreign Secretary As the government launched a frantic campaign to remedy their precarious situation.
But in another damaging development last night, it emerged that Mr Raab did not invite any of his foreign counterparts on days that preceded that. TalibanCaptured Kabul.
The Foreign Office insisted it had not spoken to the Afghan foreign minister last Friday – despite advice from senior officials – because he was “engaged in several other calls”.
But he is understood to have spoken to British officials and fellow ministers only a week before the Taliban captured Kabul.
Mr Raab, who was staying at a luxury beach resort in Crete, began calling his foreign counterparts only on Sunday afternoon, as rebels entered the Afghan capital. The Foreign Office declined to comment last night.
The Mail on Thursday revealed that Mr Raab had been called by senior officials to Afghan Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar to advise him to help the Afghan translators out of the country.
But he failed to do so and the call was handed over to Lord Goldsmith, the minister on-duty. The Daily Mail revealed yesterday that the call never actually took place.
Mr Raab said yesterday that ministers had been “working tirelessly” over the past week to evacuate British civilians and Afghans.
In his first full statement on the matter, he confirmed that he had been advised to contact Mr Atmar last Friday, but said that ‘the call was assigned to the Minister of State as I was prioritizing security and capacity at the airport. Was’.
“In any event, the Afghan foreign minister agreed to take the call but was unable due to the rapidly deteriorating situation,” he said.
But last night the foreign secretary faced fresh criticism for failing to apologize or include any signs of remorse in his statement.
Dominic Raab refused to apologize for failing to make an important phone call last night while he was on leave to seek help for Afghan translators.
Boris Johnson insisted yesterday that he had “absolutely” complete confidence in the foreign secretary as the government launched a frantic campaign to address his precarious position.
But last night in another damaging development, it emerged that Raab had not invited any of his foreign counterparts in the days leading up to the Taliban occupation of Kabul.
The Mail on Thursday revealed that Mr Raab had been called by senior officials to Afghan Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar to advise him to help the Afghan translators out of the country.
Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy said: ‘There is no defense for Dominic Raab’s shameful negligence and his failure to act could cost lives. It is unbelievable that even now the Foreign Secretary is wasting time in making excuses when disaster is still looming before our eyes.
Earlier, Lord Robertson, who was the Secretary General of NATO on 9/11, accused Mr Raab of ‘neglecting the duty of major consequence’. Asked whether the foreign secretary’s statement satisfactorily answered questions about his actions, the former defense secretary replied: “No, not at all.”
He told BBC Radio 4’s World at One: ‘Foreign ministers only talk to foreign ministers – they don’t talk to junior ministers.
‘So he should have spoken to the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan much earlier than last Friday anyway.
‘Common sense would have suggested that the Foreign Secretary should have tried to sort out the exits of our vulnerable people earlier.’
Former Labor Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said he would never hand over the call to another minister along with his Afghan counterpart and he was ‘shocked’ that Mr Raab did so.
But the prime minister rejected calls to sack his foreign secretary last night. Asked if he had full confidence in Mr Raab, Mr Johnson said: ‘Absolutely.’
Asked whether people were left in Afghanistan because Mr Raab did not call, he said: ‘No, I don’t think so.’
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