To address all aspects of Afghanistan's development, security and humanitarian situation to improve HMG's policies toward the country.
1. Exporting to Afghanistan
01/03/2021 - Department for International Trade
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Guidance
Exporting to Afghanistan
A guide for British businesses who are interested
2. Call for Evidence
07/09/2020 - Inquiry: The UK and Afghanistan - International Relations and Defence Committee
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Found: 2014, the UK was involved in the conflict in Afghanistan against the Taliban and al Qaeda. The UK participated
3. Afghanistan Locally Employed Staff Ex-Gratia Scheme
25/09/2020 - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Found:
Guidance
Afghanistan Locally Employed Staff Ex-Gratia Scheme
Information on
4. Press freedom in Afghanistan: joint statement
01/05/2019 - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Found:
Press freedom in Afghanistan: joint statement - GOV.UK
5. Overseas Business Risk: Afghanistan
08/02/2021 - Department for International Trade
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Found: Guidance
Overseas Business Risk: Afghanistan
Information on key security and political
1. Afghanistan
08/07/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: make a statement on the UK’s policy towards Afghanistan. Twenty years ago, Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda - Speech Link
2. Afghanistan
20/04/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: An attack on one was an attack on us all. In Afghanistan over the two decades since, NATO has shown extraordinary - Speech Link
3. Afghanistan
12/07/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: Laden and the al-Qaeda leadership had turned Afghanistan into the epicentre of global terrorism, where - Speech Link
2: terrorists who acquired their murderous skills in Afghanistan or who were organised from its soil dispersed - Speech Link
3: of al-Qaeda’s leadership no longer resides in Afghanistan and no terrorist attacks against western targets - Speech Link
4. Afghanistan
21/04/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: An attack on one was an attack on us all. In Afghanistan over the two decades since, NATO has shown extraordinary - Speech Link
2: subsequently take their own lives. Like every other Afghanistan veteran, when I heard NATO’s decision last week - Speech Link
3: army with the capacity to keep the peace in Afghanistan if empowered to do so by future Governments in - Speech Link
5. Afghanistan
18/08/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: It is clear to us all that the situation in Afghanistan is extremely grave and exceptionally concerning - Speech Link
asked by: Ruth Jones
13/09/2021
... how many times he has discussed Afghanistan with the NATO Secretary General in 2021. 2. Afghanistan
asked by: Ruth Jones
13/09/2021
... how many times he spoke directly to the Afghan Foreign Minister between 1 January 2021 and 1 August 2021. 3. Immigration: Afghanistan
asked by: Baroness Anelay of St Johns
22/02/2021
...To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to issue visas to those Afghan nationals who worked as translators with the British Armed Forces; and whether such visas will be issued on the same basis as the process already launched in the United States for Afghan nationals who worked as translators with the United States military. 4. Afghanistan: Taliban
asked by: Andrew Rosindell
25/03/2021
... what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on their proposal to facilitate the restart of peace talks between the Afghanistan Government and the Taliban. 5. Afghanistan: Terrorism
asked by: Julian Lewis
08/03/2021
... what recent assessment he has made of the (a) regional and (b) global implications for tackling terrorism of a return to power of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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Benefits in Kind
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Secretariat From : 06/07/2016 To : 06/07/2017
£3,001
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Former APPG Officers
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Khalid Mahmood
Vice Chair
Labour - Birmingham, Perry Barr
Joined: 24th September 2020Departed: 16th December 2020
Bahrain , Bangladesh , Commonwealth Games , Cyber Security , Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Professionals , Kashmir , Kuwait , Kyrgyzstan , Sovereign Defence Manufacturing Capability , United Arab Emirates , West Midlands
Pauline Latham
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Mid Derbyshire
Joined: 26th April 2018Departed: 19th June 2019
Banning Trophy Hunting , Catalonia , Cayman Islands , Critical Minerals , Global Tuberculosis , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Population, Development and Reproductive Health , Qatar , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Ukraine , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , War Crimes
Baroness D'Souza
Deputy Chair
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 26th April 2018Departed: 19th June 2019
Stephen Doughty
Secretary
Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth
Joined: 26th April 2018Departed: 19th June 2019
Armed Forces , Climate Change , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , HIV and AIDS , Immigration Detention , Pacific Islands , Somaliland
Earl of Sandwich
Treasurer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 19th June 2019
Immigration Detention , Kosovo , Nepal , Prescribed Drug Dependence , Sudan and South Sudan
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 26th April 2018Departed: 19th June 2019
Madeleine Moon
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Bridgend
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
Arctic and Nordic Councils , Armed Forces , Armenia , Chile , Polar Regions , Polo
Animal Welfare , Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing , Energy Security , Georgia , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Hospitality, Events and Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Human Microbiome , Industrial Heritage , Menopause , Mindfulness , Mining and Quarrying , Motor Neurone Disease , Nutrition for Growth , Outdoor Learning , Rail in Wales , Rugby League , Steel and Metal Related Industries , Terminal Illness , Western Gateway
Earl of Sandwich
Treasurer
Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 2nd May 2017
Immigration Detention , Kosovo , Nepal , Prescribed Drug Dependence , Sudan and South Sudan