To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent UK nationals remaining in Afghanistan after the end of Operation Pitting from dying as a result of the famine in that country.
Answered on
10 February 2022
Since 28 August 2021 the British Embassy in Kabul has suspended in-country operations. We encourage all British nationals in Afghanistan to check Travel Advice and confirm their presence on the online registration system. British nationals in Afghanistan can continue to access 24 hour consular assistance by phone.
The UK remains fully committed to supporting Afghanistan and its people. We have already announced a doubling of our humanitarian aid and development assistance commitment to Afghanistan, to £286 million. We have now disbursed over £176 million which will support over 6.1 million people in Afghanistan and the region, providing emergency food, health, shelter, water and protection. We are working at pace to allocate the remaining funding in response to the crisis and the new UN Appeal.