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The figures - gathered by a network of Afghan veterans - reveal the scale of what one former UK general calls a “betrayal” and a “disgrace”.
The soldiers fled to Pakistan, which now says it will expel Afghan refugees.
The UK says it has brought thousands of Afghans to safety.
Gen Sir Richard Barrons, who served the British Army in Afghanistan over 12 years, told BBC Newsnight that the failure of the UK to relocate these soldiers “is a disgrace, because it reflects that either we’re duplicitous as a nation or incompetent”.
“Neither are acceptable,” he said. “It is a betrayal, and the cost of that betrayal will be people who served with us will die or spend their lives in prison.”
That’s what you get for aiding Western colonialism. They leave you in the dumps after they’re done with it. Same story every time. Recently the Kurds got screwed over. The Ukrainians are next in line to find out how reliable the west are as allies.
Elite soldiers should have done a little history lesson.
Never ever join or support a western military they will eat gou and spit you out
In their defense it was either that or fall to ISIS. As the US aided and abetted Saddam Hussein when he perpetrated his worst atrocities against the Kurds I sincerely doubt they ever expected anything else from the US.