Taliban fighters have been brought to the UK on secret airlift flights after the Afghanistan data breach which was revealed by the Mail.

This newspaper revealed earlier this month a British military official catastrophically wrongly shared a database of 100,000 Afghans who had applied for sanctuary in the UK.

The scheme was set up for those who worked with British forces to flee the murderous Taliban - so the disastrous leak amounted to giving a 'kill list' to the vengeful jihadist warlords.

The breach was discovered by the Mail in August 2023 - and so far, 18,500 of the Afghans it imperilled have been flown to Britain or are on their way in taxpayer-funded jets, under a covert airlift, codenamed Operation Rubific.

A total of 23,900 are earmarked for arrival. They are living in MOD homes or hotels until permanent homes are found.