Clearing up the mess the politicians left behind

thinks, would be symbolic, but would have little practical impact on the Taliban….

Lest we forget, there is no doubt where responsibility lies for what the Foreign Affairs committee’s report called “a tragedy for Afghanistan, marking the biggest reversal in the rights of women and girls in a generation”. Levers over the Taliban disappeared with our departure from the country and it remains a puzzle why some politicians think England’s cricketers can clear up the gigantic mess we left behind.

To be fair: which the Americans left behind, with the UK bumbling along behind. No one comes out of this looking good.