Former senior member of Defence Forces accuses US of abandoning Afghan people

A general view over Kabul (Dan Kitwood/PA)

A retired senior member of the Defence Forces who helped train Afghan security forces has accused the US and Nato of abandoning the country’s people.

Lieutenant Colonel Ray Lane, a veteran of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal squad and a former commander of the Army Ordnance School, said the treatment of Afghans has been “outrageous”.