Ex-Afghan soldiers requested the British Prime Minister to relocate.

LONDON: Former Afghan soldiers who fought alongside British forces against the Taliban have urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to take them to safety.

Thousands of soldiers from two Afghan special forces units – CF333 and ATF444, known as the Triples – fled Afghanistan to neighboring Iran when the Taliban took over the country in 2021.

The Independent reported that years later he was “living a life of despair”, awaiting delayed responses to requests to relocate to Britain.

In February, the UK government said it would review around 2,000 applications from Afghans to join the units.

Some former soldiers remain in Afghanistan and are forced to hide their identities from the country’s Taliban rulers.

Many former triplets are waiting for an email from the UK Ministry of Defense allowing them to move to the UK.