Afghanistan APPG
First Registered: 30/07/2015 • Last updated on: 06/03/2024
Note: This APPG was last registered on 6th March 2024. The APPG was not registered in the latest release of the 7th May 2025 and may be defunct.
To address all aspects of Afghanistan's development, security and humanitarian situation to improve HMG's policies toward the country.
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Former APPG Officers
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Patrick Grady
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow North
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Debbie Abrahams
Vice Chair
Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
Dementia , Healthy Places , Kashmir , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Palestine
No other APPG Memberships
Alison Thewliss
Co-Chair
Scottish National Party - Former Member for Glasgow Central
Joined: 29th December 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Jason McCartney
Co-Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Colne Valley
Joined: 6th March 2024Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Mark Logan
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Bolton North East
Joined: 29th December 2021Departed: 6th March 2024
No other APPG Memberships
Apsana Begum
Officer
Independent - Poplar and Limehouse
Joined: 29th December 2021Departed: 13th December 2023
Baroness D'Souza
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 26th April 2018Departed: 13th December 2023
Virendra Sharma
Officer
Labour - Former Member for Ealing, Southall
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Rupa Huq
Officer
Labour - Ealing Central and Acton
Joined: 11th January 2023Departed: 13th December 2023
British Sikhs , Ethnic Minority Business Owners , Fairtrade , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Single-Parent Families , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
No other APPG Memberships
James Sunderland
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Bracknell
Joined: 29th December 2021Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Yasmin Qureshi
Officer
Labour - Bolton South and Walkden
Joined: 29th December 2021Departed: 13th December 2023
Dentistry and Oral Health , Obesity , Pakistan , Primodos
No other APPG Memberships
Emma Hardy
Officer
Labour - Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Joined: 29th December 2021Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Afzal Khan
Officer
Labour - Manchester Rusholme
Joined: 29th December 2021Departed: 13th December 2023
Bahrain , British Muslims , Greater Manchester , Pakistan , Parks and Green Spaces
No other APPG Memberships
Liam Byrne
Officer
Labour - Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
Joined: 29th December 2021Departed: 13th December 2023
Armenia , Georgia , Hospitality, Events, Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales
No other APPG Memberships
Derek Twigg
Officer
Labour - Widnes and Halewood
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Andrew Gwynne
Officer
Independent - Gorton and Denton
Joined: 10th March 2021Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Flick Drummond
Officer
Conservative - Former Member for Meon Valley
Joined: 24th September 2020Departed: 13th December 2023
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Warsi
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 24th September 2020Departed: 13th December 2023
Tom Tugendhat
Officer
Conservative - Tonbridge
Joined: 24th September 2020Departed: 19th October 2022
Imran Ahmad Khan
Officer
Independent - Former Member for Wakefield
Joined: 24th September 2020Departed: 17th November 2021
No other APPG Memberships
Khalid Mahmood
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr
Joined: 24th September 2020Departed: 16th December 2020
No other APPG Memberships
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 26th April 2018Departed: 19th June 2019
Conflict Prevention, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding , Kurdistan Region in Iraq , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Women affected by the Criminal Justice System , Women, Peace and Security
No other APPG Memberships
Earl of Sandwich
Treasurer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 26th April 2018Departed: 19th June 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Stephen Doughty
Secretary
Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth
Joined: 26th April 2018Departed: 19th June 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Pauline Latham
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Mid Derbyshire
Joined: 26th April 2018Departed: 19th June 2019
No other APPG Memberships
Madeleine Moon
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Bridgend
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Earl of Sandwich
Treasurer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
James Gray
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for North Wiltshire
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
No other APPG Memberships
Contact Details
Show/HideRegistered Contact:
Mark Logan MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3000.
Email: mark.logan.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Kai Lloyd, CalComms, 15th Floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 4QP . Tel: 07400 453 462
Email: kai@calcomms.co.uk
Secretariat:
CalComms acts as the group's secretariat. https://calcomms.co.uk/
Benefits in Kind
Show/Hide15 Sep 2022
CalComms
Secretariat From : 15/09/2022 To : 14/09/2023
£13,501
15 Sep 2021
CalComms
Secretariat From : 15/09/2021 To : 14/09/2022
£10,501
15 Sep 2020
CalComms
Secretariat From : 15/09/2020 To : 14/09/2021
£13,501
6 Jul 2016
British and Irish Agencies Afghanistan Group
Secretariat From : 06/07/2016 To : 06/07/2017
£3,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Afghanistan APPG