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Dominic Raab appears before the Foreign Affairs Committee at 2pm tomorrow for a special session. Bitterly criticised for FCDO as well as personal failings, the bottom line is the Afghanistan debacle was on his watch so he will be fighting for his job. Here's what to expect (1)

Many of the questions MPs will put to Raab were put to Boris Johnson when Parliament was recalled, but still remain unanswered. They split into three parts. 1. The Past, and the almost total failure to prepare for the US pull out despite years of warning. Could the UK...(2)

...have stayed on by building a new alliance, and why wasn’t the hasty evacuation better planned? 2. The Present: what can be done now for the legitimate evacuees who didn’t make it out of Kabul? At least 1,000 are eligible under UK schemes but are still there. Many more...(3)

...have good cases. 3. The Future: how does a UK Govt, diminished in the eyes of the world by the debacle, now exert influence over the Taliban on an array of crucial issues, from controlling terrorism to preserving human rights? (4)

The trickiest Qs for Raab will be from batch 1, legacy decisions. FAC members want to know who knew what about the US pull out, were the right questions asked by ministers with so much warning, and put simply “who was in charge of this shambles?” as one MP on the FAC puts it (5)

The MP adds: “It will be all about process tomorrow”. A litany of errors were made by the UK Govt over months, that is no longer denied. If Raab is forced to concede he was ultimately responsible for a good share of them, his position becomes very difficult (6)

There is another very pressing issue Raab is likely to be questioned on tomorrow. Campaigners tonight say it is believed only half of the 69 female Afghan MPs made it out of the country. The rest are still there and in hiding, after not been offered an evacuation place (7)

Many of these women spent 20 years being the Taliban’s most vocal critics. One UK MP has spoken to a female Afghan MP. She says she is now in her 3rd safe house with her husband and children. The Taliban raided her home in Kabul, destroyed everything and hung her dog (8)

She is certain to be killed if the Taliban find her. "Shooting is the best she can hope for, but they will brutalise her first," the UK MP says. Her only hope now is a visa to the UK and safe passage out. But despite repeated pleas, the Home Office have failed to issue one (9)

It seems inexplicable why this female Afghan MP and her 68 colleagues weren’t put to the top of the evacuation lists. Lawyers have set a 2pm deadline tomorrow for visas or they will begin legal action under Art 2, ECHR, to force them. More on @TimesRadio tomorrow after 7am (10)