A man who worked for the Afghan national police special unit has received threats from the Taliban after a 2022 Ministry of Defence data breach revealed his identity to a potential 18,700-person exposure list, and the UK government has refused his resettlement application.
The individual, identified only as Hamid, holds certificates signed by senior British officials praising his service. The MoD breach, caused by an accidental disclosure by a ministry official, named Afghans who had worked with or for the British government. Hamid's details were among them.
The UK's refusal to grant resettlement despite documented service and confirmed Taliban contact puts prediction markets tracking Afghan resettlement policy and UK government liability under direct pressure. A confirmed pattern of harm to individuals named in the leak strengthens the legal and political case for mandatory resettlement, which parliamentary opponents of the current policy have been building since the breach became public in 2025.
