Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to UK officials meeting with senior members of the Taliban on 5 October 2021, what recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts on Afghanistan’s interim government.

The Foreign Secretary discussed Afghanistan at the NATO Foreign Minister's meeting in Riga on 30 November and has had bilateral discussions with a range of other partners, including in the margins of COP26. The Foreign Secretary will be convening a discussion on Afghanistan at the G7 Foreign and Development Ministers meeting in Liverpool on 10 December.