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The UK's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace claimed this morning that Labour Leader Keir Starmer had supported the deal between the US and the Taliban last year.

The deal – secured by Donald Trump and signed in Doha, Qatar in February 2020 – committed to the withdrawal of US and allied (including British) troops from Afghanistan by May 2021.

After his election, US President Joe Biden continued the plan for withdrawal but with an end date of 31 August.

At the time, Mr Wallace praised Mr Trump’s deal as a “small but important step towards the chance for Afghans to live in peace, free from terrorism".

But in the past week, Mr Wallace has described the deal as “rotten”. He has said that just after the deal he publicly expressed that it was a “mistake”, but we have yet to find a reference to this in either Parliamentary records or news cuttings from the time.

Ben Wallace, the UK's defence secretary, initially said Donald Trump's deal with the Taliban was "rotten" Image caption: Ben Wallace, the UK's defence secretary, initially said Donald Trump's deal with the Taliban was "rotten"

Mr Wallace said today: “I never heard from a single Labour MP when that deal was done, 18 months ago… one single criticism. In fact, Keir Starmer supported it, as did all other parties in the House of Commons.”

We have found no evidence that Mr Starmer publicly supported last year’s deal in the period after it was announced. But it should be noted he was not Labour leader then, and nor was there any debate in the Commons over the terms of the deal.

In yesterday’s debate Mr Starmer focused on the lack of planning for the withdrawal rather than saying he had opposed it and said: “Nobody believes that Britain and our allies could have remained in Afghanistan indefinitely, or that Britain could have fought alone.”

Mr Wallace also said this morning that he had “felt uncomfortable” about the Doha deal and “made representations to the US and others at the time”.