Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the situation for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan.

We understand that the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan has been less active militarily since it was reported that the Taliban had largely taken control of Panjshir province on 6th September 2021. We are aware of talks held between Taliban and Ahmed Massoud, one of the co-founders of the National Resistance Front, in Tehran on 10th January. We will continue to monitor the situation.