Ministers square up over plight of Afghan special forces abandoned by Britain

A ministerial row has broken out over the fate of Afghan special forces afterThe Independent revealed soldiers who served shoulder-to-shoulder with the British had been abandoned by the UK.

The Independent revealed in a joint investigation last month how members of two elite units, known as The Triples, had been subjected to murder and torture at the hands of the Taliban after being denied sanctuary in Britain by the Ministry of Defence, despite being trained and paid by the UK government.

Now a rift has emerged in government, with different departments at odds over how