Let’s hope that Britain does not give up on its citizens, as America has apparently done. Antony Blinken recently admitted under pressure, during an exchange with Rep. Joe Wilson, that there “several Americans who are being detained by the Taliban.”
Does “being detained” mean that these arrests took place recently? And what about the Americans who have been detained for nearly two years now? One never knows with the Biden administration. Blinken finally guessed the number of Americans left in Afghanistan to be about 175, which is likely a very conservative number. The Biden administration has not given anyone reason to trust it on issues pertaining to Afghanistan, or to anything, for that matter. Biden completely betrayed Americans in Afghanistan.
The British government states that it is working hard to free the man from Afghanistan, although it admits that the men detained “had no role in the UK government’s work in Afghanistan and travelled to Afghanistan against the UK government’s travel advice.” Britons await followup.
“UK govt ‘in negotiations’ after three British men held in Afghanistan,” AFP, April 2, 2023:
London (AFP) – Britain’s interior minister Suella Braverman on Sunday said the UK government was “in negotiations” after three British men were detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Media reports have identified the men as charity medic Kevin Cornwell, 53, the unnamed manager of a hotel for aid workers and YouTube star Miles Routledge.
Scott Richards, co-founder of the non-profit group the Presidium Network, told AFP his organisation was representing the families of two of the three detainees.
There had been “interactions” on Sunday with the men who were in “good condition, as best as one can be in a state of detention”.
“They’re ostensibly charged on what we believe to be related to an accusation of an illegal firearm, although that firearm was stored in a safe alongside its licence, so we believe the situation is largely a misunderstanding,” he added.
The two men are believed to have been held by the Taliban since January.
It is not known how long the third man has been held for.
“The government is in negotiations and working hard to ensure people’s safety is upheld,” Braverman told Sky News earlier.
“We are working hard to secure consular contact with British nationals detained in Afghanistan and we are supporting families,” the UK’s foreign ministry added in a statement….
