Overview

• A 23-month British High Court super-injunction concealing the Afghan data breach and subsequent airlift was lifted this month, allowing full media scrutiny.
• The Ministry of Defence confirmed that at least one man convicted of weapons trafficking to the Taliban and several former Taliban fighters have been relocated to the UK under the covert evacuation scheme.
• Operation Rubific has flown around 6,900 Afghans to the UK so far, with more than 23,900 still expected, at an estimated cost of £850 million.
• Senior sources allege corrupt Afghan officials and flawed vetting allowed individuals with Taliban connections to enter the scheme by posing as dependents.
• Parliamentary inquiries and legal actions have been launched to examine the MoD’s record-keeping, vetting failures and use of secrecy orders.