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Taliban might kill us, Afghan BBC journalists beg UK court for relocation

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Eight Afghan journalists who worked for British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and other British media firms in Afghanistan have approached a London High Court to sue the United Kingdom’s ministers who refused their relocation to the UK.

The journalists were represented by legal representatives on Thursday saying they and their families are not safe in their country having worked for the UK-based media platforms.

They further said that they risk “being killed by the Taliban” having worked in “high-profile roles for the BBC and other media agencies.”

According to Evening Standard, the journalists worked with the United States-aided Afghanistan government and British troops to reveal Taliban corruption before it captured Kabul in August last year.

They claimed there was an initial agreement to relocate to the UK but their applications were declined, forcing them to take legal action against Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

Adam Straw KC, the leading lawyer representing them said, “As a result of their work in support of His Majesty (HM) Government, the claimants and their families are at high risk of being killed by the Taliban.”

Straw said his clients worked closely alongside British troops offering information to the British mission as they played crucial roles in the development of independent media and democratic process.

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