Taliban warlords have embarked on a campaign of killings against Afghans after the British Government lost a top-secret database of those who helped the UK during the war in the Middle East.

A former British Paratrooper who spent more than a decade serving in numerous operations across Afghanistan has warned that the data breach will pose a security threat for years to come.

Hundreds of Ministry of Defence (MoD) data breaches have been revealed as questions intensify over its ability to keep sensitive information safe in the wake of the Afghan data leak.The latest MoD figures show there were 569 incidents in 2023-24 – up from 550 the previous year – which included electronic devices being lost and protected documents not being disposed of properly.

In his first comments since news of an unprecedented superinjunction was made public, the ex-Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said his focus was on 'sorting out the mess and saving lives'

The Labour peer says the Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle should have insisted that the Intelligence and Security Committee were told of the leak.

Former Armed Forces minister James Heappey has shared the "gut-wrenching" moment he learned of the Afghan data leak, admitting the previous government "let the country down badly" in a long apology.

Sensitive details exposed by the huge Afghan data breach that put tens of thousands of people at risk were revealed by the defence secretary – but the media are still banned from reporting them.John Healey offered a “sincere apology” on behalf of the British Government for a massive leak which shared information about Afghans seeking to escape to the UK because of their links to British troops and could only be reported after a two-year fight to lift an unprecedented superinjunction.