Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government is taking steps to support the Hazara community in Afghanistan.

FCDO officials regularly press the Taliban to protect religious and ethnic minorities and we engage with Hazara representatives who provide vital insight on the situation. We are working with international partners to ensure credible monitoring to hold those responsible for human rights abuses to account. On 7 October, we co-sponsored a Human Rights Council resolution to extend the UN Special Rapporteur's mandate for another year. His recent report to the Human Rights Council included an assessment of the situation for Hazara communities and we are working with the international community on how best to respond to his recommendations.