PM and foreign secretary asked to rapidly ensure safety of those who worked for
British mediaOpen letter urges
Boris Johnson to make good on promiseBritish media organisations have again urged the government to evacuate Afghan journalists and translators who worked with
UK media outlets, with many local staff fearing
Taliban reprisals.
Dozens of local reporters and producers associated with British organisations remain in
Afghanistan after the fall of
Kabul on Sunday. This month the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, promised to consider relocating local journalists to the UK on an “exceptional basis” if there was evidence they were under imminent threat because of their involvement with
Britain.