Reform UK leader Nigel Farage launched a scathing attack on the government on Tuesday afternoon after it emerged Britain had secretly set up a scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans following a data leak.

Operation Rubific eventually saw 24,000 Afghans relocated to the UK, at a cost of billions of pounds to the taxpayer, in the "biggest covert evacuation operation in peacetime", said The Spectator.

ITV News has spoken to Afghans who worked for the UK in Afghanistan and could be under threat from the Taliban following a data breach. | ITV National News

A source claims Sir Keir was offered a briefing in relation to the data leak scandal when in opposition, but a surprising choice was made.

Russia has become the first country to formally recognise Taliban rule, with Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi calling it a "courageous" decision.

Fresh questions have been raised over why the unprecedented gagging order was maintained for so long when the level of risk to Afghans was known last year

Thousands of Afghans are being relocated to the UK as part of a secret scheme set up after a catastrophic personal data leak of people who supported British forces.

Email blunder potentially put up to 100,000 people at risk and triggered the evacuation of thousands of Afghans who were brought to the UK under a secret resettlement scheme

A further estimated 600 people and their relatives are expected to be relocated before the scheme closes, with a total of around 6,900 expected to be relocated by that time. When

Get ready to cope” was the message from an aid worker to women returning to Taliban rule in Afghanistan after their expulsion from Iran.