Bangladesh, July 15 -- In a dramatic disclosure on July 15, the British government revealed that thousands of Afghans-many of whom worked with UK forces during the two-decade-long war in Afghanistan-were secretly resettled in the United Kingdom under a confidential program launched after a major data breach in 2022. The clandestine initiative, now concluded, has sparked a heated debate over transparency, national security, and Britains moral obligations to its wartime allies.

The covert operation was triggered by a serious error in 2022 when personal details of nearly 19,000 Afghan applicants seeking refuge in the UK were accidentally leaked. This included names, contact details, and affiliations-sensitive data that, in the hands of the ...