In a video posted to Twitter, Tobias Ellwood said Afghanistan was a "country transformed", adding “security has vastly improved, corruption is down and the opium trade has all but disappeared”.
A leaked Home Office document reveals plans to scrap face-to-face interviews with asylum seekers and replace them with an 11-page questionnaire that needs to be filled out within 20 working days.
More from us
Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NationalWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.