UK Secret Afghan Evacuation Exposed After 23-Month Gag Order Lifted

[Rimmer]

 

A secret UK government operation to rescue tens of thousands of Afghans put at risk by a catastrophic military data breach has finally come to light—nearly two years after ministers imposed an extraordinary news blackout.

 

Launched under the codename Operation Rubific, the mission began after the Ministry of Defence lost a classified database in 2023 containing details of Afghans who had applied for sanctuary in Britain. The government admitted the breach placed around 100,000 lives at risk, as well as compromising British personnel.

 

In the immediate aftermath, the Daily Mail discovered the story—only to be silenced by a draconian super-injunction. Now, with the order lifted, it can be revealed that the government has been quietly smuggling Afghans out of the country on unmarked charter flights, bringing them to the UK without public or parliamentary knowledge.

 

So far, at least 18,500 people have arrived, with 23,900 in total expected. They are being housed in Ministry of Defence properties and hotels while awaiting permanent accommodation. The rest—over 70,000—will be left behind after the scheme’s abrupt closure this week.

 

The project, said to cost up to £7 billion according to secret court hearings, was approved last October. But Defence Secretary John Healey yesterday told Parliament the actual cost is expected to be between £400 million and £850 million—far below the figures presented in court. He also claimed only 6,900 people are being rescued due to the data breach, not the tens of thousands noted in official documents.

 

The discrepancy has triggered fresh outrage, with critics accusing ministers of misleading the public and avoiding scrutiny. There is also the threat of a new legal and financial storm: hundreds of those evacuated are reportedly planning to sue the UK government for the original data leak—potentially adding another £1 billion in compensation to the operation’s total bill.

 

As calls grow for full transparency, pressure is mounting on ministers to explain how such a vast operation was kept hidden—and why taxpayers were left in the dark for nearly two years.

 

 Adapted from a story by Mail on Line 16-07-2025

 

 

 

 

[VocalNeal]

5 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

the government has been quietly smuggling Afghans out of the country on unmarked charter flights,

 

Good for them. Unlike some other countries who will just throw their local collaborators under the proverbial bus.

[merck]

A super-injunction does not legally cover or override parliamentary privilege under UK law, as privilege’s constitutional status typically takes precedence. MPs that knew about it, could have brought the Afghan issue up in the house, despite the injunction They chose not to.

 

[lamyai3]

Complete and utter clusterf*ck. 

[Chomper Higgot]

3 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

Complete and utter clusterf*ck. 

Not under the current government so you’ll not hear a lot of complaints.

[DonniePeverley]

Why would it cost 800 million ?

[quake]

Would like to know who exactly did this.

Was it deliberate, by some sympathizer.

It smells. 

 

[HK MacPhooey]

2 hours ago, quake said:

Would like to know who exactly did this.

Was it deliberate, by some sympathizer.

It smells. 

 

'Dishy Rishi' the People's Favourite because of all the 'free' hand outs during the 'Plandemic' did this - and to all the Lefties claiming that "Unlike some other countries who will just throw their local collaborators under the proverbial bus" there were only around 10000 British troops in Afghanistan in total and no way they needed seven interpreters each...      

[klauskunkel]

21 hours ago, Rimmer said:

the Ministry of Defence lost a classified database in 2023

U huh. I see. Lost it. Maybe the dog ate it?

 

21 hours ago, Rimmer said:

and why taxpayers were left in the dark for nearly two years

for their own good, not every taxpayer owns sunglasses...

[Watawattana]

Maybe this is part of that £22b back hole that Rachel 'found'.  No idea why is cost so much of course, perhaps a whiff of corruption...

[quake]

1 hour ago, HK MacPhooey said:

'Dishy Rishi' the People's Favourite because of all the 'free' hand outs during the 'Plandemic' did this - and to all the Lefties claiming that "Unlike some other countries who will just throw their local collaborators under the proverbial bus" there were only around 10000 British troops in Afghanistan in total and no way they needed seven interpreters each...      

 

Mate did you not read this part of the Op.

 

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Operation Rubific, the mission began after the Ministry of Defence lost a classified database in 2023 containing details of Afghans who had applied for sanctuary in Britain.

 

There is a name or names there some place that did this.

[sammieuk1]

Turns out Starmer's' word salad' berating of the Tories, was yet another load of tosh! as at the time and now the shadow/ defense secretary John Healey' turned down the Afghan' crisis briefing of behalf of Sir  multi tier.🤔

 

 

[Thingamabob]

Biden's chaotic and disgraceful withdrawal from Afghanistan led to many of Afghans who cooperated with the British military being put at great risk. However, there were never more than ten thousand British soldiers in Afghanistan so the number of Afghans being allowed into the UK sounds incredibly high.

[lamyai3]

10 hours ago, quake said:

There is a name or names there some place that did this.

 

It was a civil servant responsible for assessing asylum eligibility - Ministry of Defence is keeping it anonymous.