The UK’s handling of the military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the evacuation from Kabul will be scrutinised as part of a broader inquiry announced today by the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. The inquiry will not only probe for mis-steps by the Foreign Office, but also try to understand how the Taliban’s dramatic return to power may have reshuffled the geo-political deck. Announcing the scope of the inquiry on Sept. 3, committee chairman Tom Tugendhat said that “big questions” remained over recent events and the handling of the crisis, and that lessons needed to be learned. “The fall of Kabul is a catastrophe for the Afghan people and for the reputation of those nations that were committed to its success,” he said in a statement. “Our hasty withdrawal leaves a country in an acute humanitarian and human rights crisis.” “The Afghan people, who we worked alongside for many years, have been left …