A Moral Obligation
BFBS Radio Sitrep - A podcast by BFBS Radio - Thursdays
As remaining international forces prepare to leave Afghanistan, the fate of the thousands of Afghans who helped them has been in doubt — until now. Both Britain and the US now say they’ll resettle thousands of people, fearing otherwise they’ll be at the mercy of the Taliban. We ask one former Army officer who served two tours in Helmand what that says about the last 20 years of international operations in Afghanistan? Denmark’s in the doghouse with some of its international allies after reports claimed it’s helped US intelligence to spy on them. The new Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces tells us the system still isn’t working properly. And we meet the researcher trying to put right a long-standing wrong in Britain’s military past.
