UK prime minister Boris Johnson was urged on Thursday to sack foreign secretary Dominic Raab, after it was claimed he delegated urgent calls on the unfolding Afghanistan crisis while on holiday.
The Daily Mail reported that with the Taliban making rapid advances across Afghanistan last Friday, Raab delegated a call with his Afghan counterpart Hanif Atmar on the issue of Afghan interpreters who had assisted the UK army to junior Foreign Office minister Lord Zac Goldsmith.
Although the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office declined to comment on the claims, officials at the department confirmed that the foreign secretary was engaged on other calls at the time and that this specific call was delegated to another minister.