good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government and senior officials have been defending the evacuation of people from afghanistan this summer as the taliban took over, after a whistle blower at the foreign office called it dysfunctional and chaotic . raphael marshall who resigned from hisjob in september told mps that it was clear some of those left behind had since been murdered by the taliban. he says thousands of emails pleading for british help went unread, and that the foreign secretary at the time dominic raab was slow to make decisions. mr raab has denied the claims. today the prime minister said the evacuation operation was one of the outstanding military achievements of the last 50 years or more . here s our diplomatic correspondent james landale. kabul airport last summer as thousands sought to flee the advancing taliban. amid chaotic scenes, britain and other western powers tried to
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that news desk seemed better prepared for the fall of kabul than the uk government did. what strikes me as bizarre. i don t understand why news desks across the country actually have a scoop on this and our leaders did not. that strikes me as entirely bizarre. as entirely bizarre. polly mckenzie, lookin: at as entirely bizarre. polly mckenzie, looking at that as entirely bizarre. polly mckenzie, looking at that wider as entirely bizarre. polly mckenzie, looking at that wider issue, - as entirely bizarre. polly mckenzie, looking at that wider issue, the - looking at that wider issue, the times ran a story similar to this saying the permanent secretaries of a number of departments are also on holiday at the moment. this does add toa to a story that began yesterday and is now having to respond tonight saying secretary take calls on their leave. ~ . .,. saying secretary take calls on their leave. . . , ., ., leave. ben wallace is right that no -hone leave. ben wallace is right tha