and manage the terrible situation at kabul airport worked under enormous pressure. but it criticises what it calls misleading statements about the evacuation process, and says the leadership at the foreign office should be ashamed that two civil servants risked their careers to bring the situation to light. the foreign office defends its record. our staff works tirelessly, a spokesperson said, to evacuate over 15,000 people from afghanistan within a fortnight. this was the biggest uk mission of its kind in generations and followed months of intensive planning and collaboration between uk government departments. the report urges the government to commit to a serious strategy for dealing with afghanistan in the future. a failure to do that, it says, would abandon afghan women and girls to the biggest single reversal of rights in a generation. paul adams, bbc news.
we ll be joined by the transport minister grant shapps at 7.30 this morning. the uk s withdrawal from afghanistan last year was a disaster and a betrayal that will damage the nation s interests for years, an inquiry by a group of mps has found.(pres)the damning report an inquiry by a group of mps has found. the damning report from the foreign affairs committee said mismanagement of the evacuation likely cost lives . the uk government says intensive planning went into the withdrawal. paul adams has this report. the west s withdrawal from kabul was chaotic and for vast numbers of afghans desperate to leave, profoundly traumatic. it was also, mps say, a betrayal of britain s allies, a catastrophic failure of intelligence, diplomacy and planning. knowing that american forces were soon going to leave, the report says the government failed to respond. well, it s clear that what we could have done really from 18 months out when the warning started is begun the really serious preparat
0ur personal finance correspondent explained more about the price cap. puk s withdrawal last year was a betrayal of britain s eyes and according to an inquiry by mps. the foreign affairs committee says there is a fundamental lack of planning and leadership before and during the taliban s takeover of kabul. they report caused by the resignation of the foreign office s type civil servant who stayed on holiday as catalyst following. their report calls for the resignation of the foreign office s top civil servant, who stayed on holiday as kabulfell. 0ur correspondent paul adams has this report. the west s withdrawal from kabul was chaotic and, for vast numbers of afghans desperate to leave, profoundly traumatic. it was also, mps say, a betrayal of britain s allies, a catastrophic failure of intelligence, diplomacy and planning. knowing that american forces were soon going to leave, the report says the government
of animal cruelty after video emerged last year of him kicking his cat. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the government s set to approve chelsea s sale today, although there are still major hurdles to overcome, according to a source close to the deal. the uk s withdrawal from afghanistan last year was a catastrophic failure and a betrayal of britain s allies, according to an inquiry by mps. the foreign affairs committee says there was a fundamental lack of planning or leadership before and during the taliban s takeover of kabul. 0ur correspondent paul adams has this report. the west s withdrawal from kabul was chaotic and, for vast numbers of afghans desperate to leave, profoundly traumatic. it was also, mps say, a betrayal of britain s allies, a catastrophic failure of intelligence,
and says the leadership at the foreign office should be ashamed that two civil servants risked their careers to bring the situation to light. the foreign office defends its record. our staff worked tirelessly, a spokesperson said, to evacuate over 15,000 people from afghanistan within a fortnight. this was the biggest uk mission of its kind in generations and followed months of intensive planning and collaboration between uk government departments. the report urges the government to commit to a serious strategy for dealing with afghanistan in the future. a failure to do that, it says, would abandon afghan women and girls to the biggest single reversal of rights in a generation. paul adams, bbc news. let s get a reaction to that report. joining me is member of parliament for tottenham, david lammy. did he mean to you. as he watched kabul fall last did he mean to you. as he watched kabulfall last summer as did he mean to you. as he watched