Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of WimbledonMinister of State for South Asia and the CommonwealthPrime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in ConflictKing Charles StreetLondonSW1A 2AHTel: 0207 008 5000House of LordsLondonSW1A 0AAwww.gov.uk/fcdoOur ref:5...
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL2325): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool :To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to implement...
Three thoughtful essays on Afghanistan by Husain Haqqani Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States. He says Pakistan’s support for the Taliban “takes it further away from becoming “a normal country,” perpetuating dysfunction at home and locking it into a...
Government fails to specify how the new £286 million aid package for Afghanistan will be used; whether delivery of that aid will be contingent on the Taliban demonstrating that there have been no revenge killings or imprisonment of their political opponents; on girls'...
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...
Create “humanitarian corridors” to Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul...
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...
I raised the plight of our heroic interpreters in #Afghanistan today, and urged UK government to ensure their resettlement and protection - and to safeguard our embassy staff and aid workers in Kabul as the #Taliban seek to reimpose their cruel ideology.
00:01 Wednesday 13 January 2021 The UK and NATO must not leave Afghanistan before peace talks conclude says Lords Committee Today the House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee published a report entitled The UK and Afghanistan. The report is...
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...
Letter from Professor Gregory H. Stanton Founding President, Genocide Watch, Chair, The Alliance Against Genocide, rebutting the FCDO's failed policy in dealing with the crime of Genocide. Dear Lord Alton, Thank you for forwarding the reply from Lord Collins...
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Human Rights (Joint Committee)Wednesday 7 May 2025 Subject: Forced Labour in UK Supply Chains Witnesses: Sarah Jones, Minister for Industry, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business and Trade;Daniel Cox, Deputy Director, Department for...