Dutch foreign minister quits over Afghanistan evacuation chaos
Al Jazeera
Sigrid Kaag acknowledged that the government’s slow response meant some local staff and people who had worked for Dutch troops had not been evacuated.
Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag has resigned after the lower house of parliament passed a motion of censure against the government over its handling of evacuations from Afghanistan amid the Taliban takeover.
In a parliamentary debate on Wednesday night, Kaag acknowledged that the government’s slow or muddled response to warnings about the situation in Afghanistan meant some local staff and people who had worked as translators for Dutch troops in the country had not been evacuated.
After the motion was passed on Thursday, Kaag immediately said she would tender her resignation, saying that parliament had decided “that the cabinet has acted irresponsibly”.
