27 Jun 2021 - 13:40
KABUL (Pajhwok): Classified documents of the UK Defence Ministry regarding an expected UK military presence in Afghanistan have been found at a bus stop in Kent, the BBC reported on Sunday.
One set of the sensitive defence papers outlined plans for a possible British military presence in Afghanistan after an end to the US-led NATO operation, the report said.
Other documents spell out details about HMS Defender and Russia’s expected reaction to the ship’s passage through Ukrainian waters off the Crimea coast.
Recovered from in a squelchy heap behind a bus stop in Kent, the papers contain almost 50 pages. The government is probing the loss of the documents.
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In the wake of the meeting between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin last week, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace mooted the possibility of a summit between Boris Johnson and Putin provided the Russian president ceases “malign activity.” France and Germany were hoping to resume Russia-EU summitry to reset relations with the bloc.
Wednesday’s confrontation off the coast of Crimea underscores why these copycat summits are a bad idea: Putin will likely bank the PR benefits without modifying his behavior. While there was rationale for Biden’s meeting (more on that shortly) a British or EU version does little more than burnish Putin’s image at home and reward his aggression toward and interference with Western democracies.