{"id":2835,"date":"2025-07-16T12:59:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T12:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/my-family-is-finished-afghan-man-pleads-for-kings-help-after-data-leak\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T12:59:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T12:59:51","slug":"my-family-is-finished-afghan-man-pleads-for-kings-help-after-data-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/my-family-is-finished-afghan-man-pleads-for-kings-help-after-data-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"‘My family is finished’: Afghan man pleads for King’s help after data leak"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Afghan man who worked for the British military has told Sky News he feels betrayed and has “completely lost (his) mind” after his identity was part of a massive data breach.<\/p>\n

He told The World with Yalda Hakim<\/strong> about the moment he discovered he was among thousands of Afghans whose personal details were revealed<\/strong>, putting him at risk of reprisals from the Taliban<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The man, who spoke anonymously to Sky News from Afghanistan<\/strong>, says he worked with British forces for more than 10 years.<\/p>\n

But now, he regrets working alongside those troops, who were first deployed to Afghanistan in 2001.<\/p>\n

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“I have done everything for the British forces … I regret that – why (did) I put my family in danger because of that? Is this justice?<\/p>\n

“We work for them, for [the] British, we help them. So now we are left behind, right now. And from today, I don’t know about my future.”<\/p>\n

He described receiving an email warning him that his details had been revealed.<\/p>\n

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He said: “When I saw this one story… I completely lost my mind. I just thought… about my future… my family’s.<\/p>\n

“I’ve got two kids. All my family are… in danger. Right now… I’m just completely lost.”<\/p>\n

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The mistake by the Ministry of Defence in early 2022 ranks among the worst security breaches in modern British history because of the cost and risk posed to the lives of thousands of Afghans.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, a court order – preventing the media reporting details of a secret relocation programme – was lifted.<\/p>\n

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Defence Secretary John Healey<\/strong> said about 6,900 Afghans and their family members have been relocated or were on their way to the UK under the previously secret scheme.<\/p>\n

He said no one else from Afghanistan would be offered asylum, after a government review found little evidence of intent from the Taliban to seek retribution.<\/p>\n

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But the anonymous Afghan man who spoke to Sky News disputed this. He claimed the Taliban, who returned to power in 2021, were actively seeking people who worked with British forces.<\/p>\n

“My family is finished,” he said. “I request… kindly request from the British government… the King… please evacuate us.<\/p>\n

“Maybe tomorrow we will not be anymore. Please, please help us.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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