Kabul spy station exit an ‘admission of defeat’
Australia’s spy station in Kabul is likely to be closed with the embassy in the Afghan capital, leading national security experts to urge the government to grant sanctuary to Afghans who spied for Australia.
The Australian Secret Intelligence Service, Australia’s equivalent of the Central Intelligence Agency, has made Afghanistan one of its priorities since the 2001 invasion that removed the Taliban from power, national security and political sources said.
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