Afghan Journalists Partially Win Case Against U.K. Government Over Relocation

Evacuees wait to board a plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul in August 2021.

Eight Afghan journalists who worked for the BBC and other British media organizations partially won a legal challenge on February 13 against the British government's refusal to relocate them from Afghanistan. The journalists' lawyers told London's High Court in December that the eight all worked "alongside and in support of the British government's mission" in Afghanistan, meaning they are at high risk of being killed by the country’s Taliban rulers. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.