Posted on 09/01/2021 6:00:05 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The UK’s foreign secretary is about to face questions over the government’s handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Dominic Raab will appear in front of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Shadow Foreign Secretary Lisa Nandy said Raab had to answer for on "much more than the chaos of the last two weeks", describing the international withdrawal from Afghanistan as "the biggest foreign policy failing in a generation”.
The committee’s chair, Tom Tugendhat, said: "We never thought we would see the day Nato forces, led by the US, would turn their backs on the people of Afghanistan.
"How will we deal with the Taliban? How will Afghanistan shape our regional strategy? How will the government hold the Taliban to account for reverses in human rights?
"These questions, and so many others, will be put to the Foreign Secretary."
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