MPs hear pleas for Afghan guards as coalition parties stay away

Afghan guards who worked for the Dutch government face being tortured and killed by the Taliban if they are left behind in the country, former members of the military mission have told MPs. “Many of these people live in fear, in hiding and change their address frequently because they receive threats,” Nesar Naeemi, who worked with the Dutch armed forces in Uruzgan, told members of the foreign affairs committee. “Last year one of them was murdered 100 metres away from...