49 folks have reportedly misplaced relations or colleagues after the UK authorities leaked particulars of 19,000 Afghan residents who helped the British army through the Afghan battle.
A spreadsheet containing the main points of people that had labored for the UK authorities in Afghanistan was by chance leaked from the Ministry of Defence in February 2022 — six months after the Taliban seized management of Kabul.
The dying threats and intimidation by the Taliban proceed, as analysis shared by the charity Refugee Authorized Assist reveals.
It makes for fairly harrowing studying.
“I’ve suffered critical hurt on account of the Afghan information breach. My private automobile was taken, and our dwelling has been searched a number of occasions. My father was brutally crushed to the purpose that his toenails had been forcibly eliminated, and my mother and father stay below fixed and critical menace. My household and I proceed to face intimidation, repeated home searches, and ongoing hazard to our security.”
“[The data breach] has intensified the threats towards my household and made them a goal, exposing them to being killed with out excuse by the terrorist group (Taliban) that guidelines Afghanistan.”
“Following the current information leak, the Taliban searched my household dwelling and proceed to threaten my kin. Certainly one of my relations remains to be below their stress, they usually query my household about me day by day.”
Solely a minority of these affected by the breach had been provided relocation to the UK.
Can information leaks do actual hurt? Sure, they’ll. And so can a failure to reply appropriately.
