This takes the total to around 350 former local staff, which adds up to more than 900 people overall when you include their families, Penning said.
The British defense minister said this week that nearly 1,000 Afghans who worked with British forces have been resettled in the UK.Defense Minister Mike Penning said Britain owed them “a debt of gratitude” for their service during the war, British media reported.
He said: "The UK remains committed to supporting our current and former local staff in Afghanistan.
"They played a vital part in our efforts towards a more secure, stable and prosperous Afghanistan, and our well-established redundancy and intimidation schemes recognise their contribution and the debt of gratitude we owe them."
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