Statement on violence in Afghanistan
The UK does not support anyone seeking to achieve political change through violence in Afghanistan.
Following violence in Afghanistan, Hugo Shorter, Chargé d’Affaires at the UK Mission to Afghanistan in Doha said:
The UK does not support anyone, including Afghan nationals, seeking to achieve political change through violence, or any activity inciting violence for political purposes, in Afghanistan, and will not allow UK soil to be used to plan or prepare it, and we strongly discourage others from doing so.
Violence of any kind is not in Afghanistan’s interests, nor the international community’s, and we deplore terrorist attacks of all kinds.
To promote peace and stability, to deliver essential humanitarian support to the Afghan people, and to address shared concerns on security, there is no alternative to engaging pragmatically with the current administration of Afghanistan, and that is what we are doing.
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