Peace campaigners tell West to abandon defence of 'war on terror'
Stop the War Coalition instead challenges British government to help Afghan refugees with reparations
Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to Merville Barracks in Colchester, Essex, today
ANTI-WAR campaigners called on Western governments today to abandon their flimsy arguments justifying the “war on terror” and welcome refugees fleeing the Taliban.
Stop the War Coalition convener Lindsey German challenged the British government to help Afghan refugees with reparations, saying that the 20-year intervention in Afghanistan was about “asserting Western imperialism, not championing human rights.”
Ms German said: “Those who argue for continued humanitarian intervention are spreading the illusion that this was ever on offer. It was not. It is therefore right for the troops to leave and for the Afghan people to decide their own future.
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