Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of genocide from the targeting of Hazara Muslims in Afghanistan.

FCDO officials regularly press the Taliban to protect religious and ethnic minorities. On 8 December 2022, Lord Ahmad, the Minister of State for South Asia, met Hazara representatives who provided useful insight on the situation. It is HMG policy that it is for a competent national or international court, such as the International Criminal Court, to determine whether crimes against humanity and genocide have been committed and who is responsible.