told the foreign affairs committee in written evidence the process was dysfunctional and chaotic and it was clear that some of those left behind were murdered by the taliban. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, who was foreign secretary at the time has denied the government was slow to make decisions. 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 trying to evacuate those it could, but, according to a whistle blower, there was chaos in london, too. the foreign office crisis centre was handling requests from afghans at risk from the taliban because of their links to the uk. one official working there, raphael marshall, said the process of choosing who could be evacuated was arbitrary and dysfunctional. he said up to 150,000 people applied for an evacuation under the scheme, but he estimated fewer than 5% of these people have received any assist