Defence Committee Chairman Tobias Ellwood Backtracks on Taliban Video

Defence Committee Chairman Tobias Ellwood Backtracks on Taliban Video
Tobias Ellwood responds after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak give a statement to MPs in the House of Commons on Nov. 17, 2022. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor
Chris Summers
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The chairman of the House of Commons defence select committee, Tobias Ellwood, has admitted he “got it wrong” and has deleted a video filmed in Afghanistan, in which he praised the Taliban.

On Monday night Mr. Ellwood posted the video on Twitter and wrote: “Hold your breath—but this is a country transformed. Security vastly improved. Corruption reduced. Opium trade ended.”

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