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  • UN Human Rights Council 50: UK statement on women and girls in Afghanistan

    Ambassador Simon Manley, the UK's Permanent Representative in Geneva, delivered a statement ahead of the adoption - by consensus - of a resolution on the situation of human rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • UK government to match £10 million public donations to Afghanistan appeal

    The UK pledges to match up to £10 million in fundraised public donations to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Afghanistan Appeal.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Foreign Secretary welcomes Secretary Clinton’s Speech on Afghanistan and Pakistan

    Commenting on Secretary Clinton’s speech of 18 February, Foreign Secretary William Hague expressed his support for Secretary Clinton's assessment that "now is the right time to advance a political process in Afghanistan".

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Transcript of press conference in Kabul

    A transcript of the Prime Minister's press conference in Kabul on 5 July 2011.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • NATO confirm Iranian support to the insurgency in Afghanistan

    Foreign Secretary William Hague calls on Iran to "act in the interests of a stable and secure region".

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Army medic plays in netball competition one year after Taliban injury

    An Army medic has helped her team come second in an Army netball tournament in Germany just over a year after being injured in a Taliban ambush while on patrol in Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Quarterly statement on Afghanistan

    Speech by Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for International Development on the Government's progress in Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HRC 51: Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the human rights situation of women and girls in Afghanistan

    UK Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French, delivered a statement on the deteriorating situation faced by women and girls in Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government

  • PM call with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan: 17 August 2021

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Pakistani Prime Minister Khan this afternoon.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Fox and Hague respond to Iranian weapons seizure in Afghanistan

    Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox and Foreign Secretary William Hague have issued statements following media reporting that Iranian-made weapons destined for the Taliban have been seized by UK Special Forces.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK military help Helmand youngsters back to school

    Investment from the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and the Military Stabilisation Support Team (MSST) has seen a school in Nad 'Ali fully restored, with 600 pupils now being taught there every day.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • "The United Kingdom is working closely with the Afghan Government as it seeks to overcome the country’s legacy of conflict."

    Statement by Ambassador Peter Wilson, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at the Security Council briefing on Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • British and Afghan troops launch dawn raid in Helmand

    A dawn raid by British and Afghan troops in Helmand province has struck a blow at the insurgency in Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • "A remarkable record of service" from Marines in Afghanistan

    During a visit to see the 40 Commando Royal Marines who have recently returned, Foreign Office Ministers spoke to BBC Somerset about the work that they did in Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Operation TORAL draws to an end as UK transitions to new phase of support to Afghanistan

    As Operation TORAL draws to a close, a small number of UK military personnel will temporarily remain to support the transition to a new phase of UK Government support to Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • The future of Afghanistan

    Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has today responded to points made in a House of Commons Defence Select Committee report on Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UN Human Rights Council 51: UK General Comment on Afghanistan

    The UK’s Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French, underlines the UK’s support for the Special Rapporteur's work on Afghanistan at the UN Human Rights Council.

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    First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government

  • Statement on US review of Afghanistan and Pakistan

    Number 10 has welcomed a US review of the strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PM meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani: 9 July 2016

    PM met with the Afghan President at the NATO Summit in Warsaw where they discussed the UK's continued political and military support for Afghanistan.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Gurkhas' first Helmand operation of the summer

    A search operation in an area thought to be a Taliban safe haven has been carried out by soldiers from 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (2 RGR) in their first major operation since recently arriving in Helmand province.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government