UK accidentally leaks personal data on Afghan teacher in hiding from Taliban


The data breach has been acknowledged by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and is the first known leak under the government's Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme. — Photo by Christian Wiediger on Unsplash

LONDON: An Afghan teacher has been told by a UK government department that his personal details were passed to a member of the public in Afghanistan "in error."

The man, who has worked abroad, has been in hiding in Afghanistan with his wife and two children since the Taliban takeover in August last year.

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