possibly can to speed the evacuation effort that is currently under way, and to avert a humanitarian catastrophe that afghanistan is facing. catastrophe that afghanistan is facina. ~ :, ., , . facing. would you have expected the foreian facing. would you have expected the foreign secretary _ facing. would you have expected the foreign secretary to _ facing. would you have expected the foreign secretary to make _ facing. would you have expected the foreign secretary to make that - facing. would you have expected the foreign secretary to make that call l foreign secretary to make that call personally, no matter how close the taliban were to kabul at that point, to take charge of that himself? well, i would have thought so, yes, given the proximity of the taliban. all the more reason to actually be pressing these particular points. but the reality is that the lack of attention and support for afghan interpreters goes back some years. i am dealing this morning with afghan interpreters that supported the british forces over a number of years, who applied under the scheme many months ago. i think it was the house of commons defence select committee that three years ago raised concerns about the lack of care and attention by the british government for those afghan interpreters who had worked so closely with us as part of the