Downing Street has insisted that Boris Johnson has “full confidence” in Dominic Raab as the foreign secretary blamed military intelligence failures for the west’s humiliation in Kabul.
As internal government recriminations intensified, Raab pointed the finger at the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office as he appeared to question the entire basis of Britain’s 20-year Afghan campaign.
Raab said that the military predictions about the speed of the Taliban takeover were “clearly wrong” and that Britain had not been “realistic” over 20 years about its ability to nation-build in Afghanistan.
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”.
Johnson’s spokesman said that there were “no
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