Taliban fighters 'have been brought to the UK on secret airlift flights' after Afghanistan data breach revealed by the Mail

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ ^ | 26 July 2025 | SOPHIE CARLIN

[Jonty30]

Taliban fighters have been brought to the UK on secret airlift flights after the Afghanistan data breach which was revealed by the Mail. This newspaper revealed earlier this month a British military official catastrophically wrongly shared a database of 100,000 Afghans who had applied for sanctuary in the UK. The scheme was set up for those who worked with British forces to flee the murderous Taliban - so the disastrous leak amounted to giving a 'kill list' to the vengeful jihadist warlords. The breach was discovered by the Mail in August 2023 - and so far, 18,500 of the Afghans it imperilled have been flown to Britain or are on their way in taxpayer-funded jets, under a covert airlift, codenamed Operation Rubific. A total of 23,900 are earmarked for arrival. They are living in MOD homes or hotels until permanent homes are found. Tens of thousands of others will be left behind in Afghanistan and will have to fend for themselves against vengeful Taliban warlords. But now, former Taliban fighters themselves have reportedly been brought to this country under the airlift scheme, The Telegraph reports. Sex offenders, corrupt officials and individuals put in prison under Afghanistan's US-led coalition are also among those accepted for resettlement in the UK.

[Jonty30]

The only reason to do this is because the government intends to go full on tyrannist and they can't trust the natives to enforce the will of the government. But foreign fighter, who are dependent upon the government, can be trusted to enforce that will.

[Scrambler Bob]

I have read this and other posts and the source repeatedly.

Help me out.

Taliban fighter is a fighter who fought against Taliban, right?

Not a Taliban who is a fighter?

If the first, it seems better than the second. But they are still Afghans, bringing all that with them (and they can fight).

[Jonty30]

The Taliban were the ones fighting the Afghanistan government because they were deposed when Bush Jr set up the Afghanistan government after blowing up Osama’s mountain.