Prime minister denies being caught napping, claiming ‘we’ve known for a long time that this was the way things were going’
In a statement just five weeks ago, the prime minister had told Parliament there was no reason to expect an imminent Taliban triumph in Afghanistan.“It’s fair to say the US decision to pull out has accelerated things. But we’ve known for a long time that this was the way things were going.”, the foreign secretary, rushed back from holiday to confront the crisis – amid fierce criticism of his invisibility in recent weeks.
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