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On Afghanistan, Boris Johnson has escaped again

7 September 2021

7:39 AM

7 September 2021

7:39 AM

Boris Johnson took a strangely upbeat tone when he updated MPs on Afghanistan this afternoon. He argued that British planning for the US withdrawal had been months in the making and that the evacuation effort had exceeded expectations with twice the number of people getting out than had been expected.

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