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Find out about UK forces in Afghanistan
FCDO travel advice for Afghanistan. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice…
This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…
Terrorism There is a high threat of terrorist attack globally affecting UK…
Only very limited medical facilities are available in Afghanistan. There…
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…
The medal is awarded to civilians in recognition of their contribution to the government’s work towards a stable and secure Afghanistan.
UK forces were deployed to Afghanistan in support of the UN-authorised, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission and as part of the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Between 2003 and the end of 2014 UK operations in Afghanistan...
Afghans resettled in the UK under Pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme will be reunited with their families.
The MDP uses Project Servator to disrupt criminal activity, while providing a reassuring presence for the Defence community and public.
This case study report is part of the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research’s Crime-Conflict Nexus Series
The Home Office has announced further details of the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.
International secondment opportunities with the FCO, for serving and retired police, and civilian experts.
Tom Winsor conducted an independent review of police officer and staff remuneration and conditions, published March 2011.
Explains who was eligible to be considered for resettlement to the UK in the first stage of Pathway 3 of this scheme, and the process for eligible people.
Supporting the wider policing community and their families.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
An independent statutory inquiry is investigating alleged unlawful activity by UK Special Forces during deliberate detention operations in Afghanistan in the period mid-2010 to mid-2013.
The Police Arbitration Tribunal (PAT) acts under the arbitration service Acas as the final recourse for negotiations between employers of police and police staff on which no agreement can be reached about hours of duty, leave or pay and allowances....
Information on eligibility criteria and offer details of the Afghanistan Locally Employed Staff Ex-Gratia Scheme.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients from Afghanistan for healthcare practitioners.
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