Taliban attack tortured and killed nine Hazara men.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Afghanistan: Taliban responsible for brutal massacre of Hazara men – new investigation  Taliban fighters massacred nine ethnic Hazara men after taking control of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province last month, Amnesty International...

Afghanistan – House of Lords debate

Afghanistan – House of Lords debate

In Parliament today I was struck that twenty years after 9:11 we have given the Taliban a free pass and opened the way for a new wave of terror - inspired by a medieval theocratic ideology that cherishes violence, degrades women, trades in lethal drugs, persecutes...

During a Parliamentary Select Committee Inquiry into Afghanistan today I urged Ministers not to abandon the UK legacy of empowering women through education, to uphold the rights of minorities and to encourage Islamic scholars and religious leaders to challenge Taliban ideology.

Over the past two decades, more than 450 UK military personnel have died in Afghanistan.  Their sacrifice and significant UK support to build institutions includes a legacy of empowering women through education – and championing the rights of minorities - including...

Lord David Alton

For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.

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