Dominic Raab has blamed military intelligence failures for the West’s humiliation in Kabul, intensifying an internal government blame game.
The foreign secretary said the Ministry of Defence’s predictions of the speed of the Taliban takeover were “clearly wrong”.
Government briefings have suggested that Raab will be sacked over Britain’s chaotic departure from Afghanistan, but he dismissed anonymous critics today as “lacking in any credibility whatsoever”.
Raab will appear before the Commons foreign affairs committee tomorrow to be questioned about his handling of the crisis, where he is likely to say that other government departments need to take their share of the blame.
This morning he pointed the finger at the UK military and at the US for underestimating the strength of the Taliban, saying
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