He was brought to the UK by the RAF “while loyal translators who had served the British Army were left behind.” Great vetting, fellows! Probably British officials were more concerned with making sure he wasn’t a “right-wing” foe of jihad violence and Sharia oppression than they were with checking for ties to the Taliban.
“Armed police arrest married Afghan father, 33, in Manchester as a suspected Taliban terrorist after RAF rescued him from Kabul,” by David Williams, Sam Greenhill, Rebecca Camber and Mark Nicol, Daily Mail, September 10, 2021 (thanks to James):
An Afghan rescued from Kabul by the RAF has been arrested as a suspected Taliban terrorist in Manchester.
Armed police swooped on the 33-year-old with alleged jihadi links in a pre-dawn raid at his city centre quarantine hotel.
He had worked for Afghan special forces alongside British soldiers. When Kabul fell to the insurgents, he was airlifted out on an RAF mercy flight.-- excerpt, rest at link above --
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."