Afghanistan: UK and Taliban in talks over further evacuations

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Talks, involving British officials and senior Taliban members, are taking place in Doha, Qatar, No. 10 said.

The Secretary of Defense is understood to have told members of parliament that between 150 and 250 people who meet the requirements for relocation – plus their families – remain in the country.

Commenting on British-Taliban negotiations, a spokesman No. British citizens, and Afghan people who have worked with us for the past 20 years. “

Foreign Minister Dominic Raab will face questions from members of parliament later because of its handling of British withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The opposition parties called for his resignation last month after emerged that he was not available to make a telephone about evacuating the translator while he was on vacation at Crete.

Mr. Raab then said that “by looking back” he will not leave, but rejects the idea that he “relaxes on the beach” as “bullshit”.

Foreign Secretary of the Labor Shadow, Lisa Nandy, said Raab had an answer to give “more than just chaos in the last two weeks”, added: “The Minister of Foreign Affairs has 18 months to prepare but lost in the action.”

Downing Street insisted that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a “full confidence” on Raab and “no plan” for the cabinet reshuffle.

A statement from Downing Street said they would “underline” the importance of Afghan citizens given a safe path abroad, which showed possible talks about the importance of this problem not negotiations on logistics.

And that was a little diplomacy – the British wanted something from the Taliban but did not want to give too much legitimacy to them before the nature of their government became clear.

But Sir Simon meets the requirements for the job, which he has done for several weeks. He is the most senior non-military representative in NATO in Afghanistan, spend years as a high-ranking official in foreign offices and helps negotiate Iran’s nuclear agreements.

He also said Britain needed to face “new reality” in Afghanistan and work with other countries to do moderate influences” on the Taliban.

Former British Ambassador to Afghanistan between 2010 and 2012 Sir William Patey said that involved with the Taliban can help prevent the refugee crisis and avoid the country to host terrorists.

Taliban knows they cannot run this country without help,” he told BBC’s Newsnight, adding that Britain had “several cards” in the conversation because “they had to be involved”.