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UK exit from Afghanistan slammed as dark chapter

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Soldiers attached to the 101st Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade, Iowa National Guard and 10th Mountain, 2-14 Infantry Battalion, load onto a Chinook helicopter to head out on a mission in Afghanistan, January 15, 2019.     1st Lt. Verniccia Ford/U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS   ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC110D3B25B0
Soldiers attached to the 101st Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade, Iowa National Guard and 10th Mountain, 2-14 Infantry Battalion, load onto a Chinook helicopter to head out on a mission in Afghanistan, January 15, 2019. 1st Lt. Verniccia Ford/U.S. Army/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC110D3B25B0

KABUL (Pajhwok): The pullout of British troops from Afghanistan was a dark chapter for the UK, says an influential Conservative Party leader.

Tobias Ellwood, who heads the Defence Committee, called for an "honest" probe into the UK's exit from the war-torn country in 2021.

In a report on Friday, British lawmakers lamented that thousands of Afghans eligible for evacuation  in the UK were still living at risk in Afghanistan.

In response to the report, the Rishi Sunak administration insisted it worked vigorously to bring as many people from Afghanistan as possible.

The BBC quoted Ministry of Defence spokesperson . . .

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