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Jul 15
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Kill list and cover-up: how I took on th...

THE TIMES
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For years, the British government used a court superinjunction to conceal a data leak that could have handed the Taliban a “kill list” of innocent civilians. Times defence editor Larisa Brown describes her fight to uncover the truth.

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Guest: Larisa Brown, Defence Editor, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Producer: Edward Drummond.

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Further listening: 'The Taliban will kill me': The interpreter trying to flee Kabul

Clips: Times Radio, LBC, Parliament.

Photo: Getty Images.

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