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2 de may. de 2024 · Following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, the British government evacuated 15,000 people from its capital, Kabul, in what was known as Operation Pitting. However, the operation was widely criticised, with senior politicians being accused of failing to adequately prepare the evacuation of staff and Afghan-born ...
Hace 2 días · That date itself recalls another imperial retreat—the British from India in 1947—where elaborate and carefully designed ceremony cloaked what was in effect a disorderly withdrawal alongside a communal bloodbath amidst an administrative breakdown. In Kabul there was no ceremonial retreat.
26 de abr. de 2024 · The book tells the shocking and troubling inside story of the last days of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and offers a no-holds-barred insight into the looming collapse of Afghanistan as western military forces pulled out. This event is for all members of Hughes Hall. It is free to attend.
Hace 2 días · In 1841 a local uprising resulted in the killing of the British resident and loss of mission in Kabul and the 1842 retreat from Kabul to Jalalabad. In 1842 the British returned to Kabul, demolishing the city's main bazaar in revenge before returning to British India (now Pakistan).
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Hace 3 días · Although the British later avenged this humiliating defeat with a brutal ‘retribution’ campaign led by Generals Nott and Pollock, which resulted in the death of hundreds of Afghan villagers and the destruction of the Grand Bazaar of Kabul, the damage to Britain’s position in Afghanistan was clearly irreversible.
3 de may. de 2024 · Josie Stewart was sacked by the Foreign Office (FCDO) after blowing the whistle on the failures of the withdrawal from Kabul and disclosing emails indicating Boris Johnson’s involvement in an...
Hace 5 días · Following the Taliban gaining control of Afghanistan, the British government evacuated 15,000 people from its capital, Kabul, in what was known as Operation Pitting.
