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Afghanistan: Taliban

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 6857, tabled on 13 December 2023

Question

Catherine West
Labour
Hornsey and Wood Green
Commons

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to use official engagement with the Taliban to engage with the Afghan people.

Answer

Leo Docherty
Conservative
Aldershot
Commons

Answered on

19 December 2023

FCDO officials regularly meet Taliban representatives to support HMG objectives on Afghanistan. This includes pressing on human rights, including the rights of women and girls and minorities. We are clear that Afghanistan needs more inclusive governance that is representative of its citizens. We have therefore encouraged the Taliban to engage with a diverse range of Afghans, particularly women and civil society representatives, and listen to their views. Ministers and officials also engage with other Afghans, based in the UK and elsewhere, including human rights activists and non-Taliban political figures.

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