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Defence Sec, Chief Of Defence Staff Face Committee Hearing On Afghanistan

UK

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace MP and Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Nick Carter will appear today before the House of Commons Defence Committee to answer questions on this summer's chaotic evacuation of UK troops from Afghanistan.

  • Session due to start at 1430BST (0930ET, 1530CET) and can be followed at this link.
  • The committee is currently holding an official inquiry into the handling of the evacuation and the seeming intelligence failings that led up to the rapid withdrawal required in the face of the Taliban advance.

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