Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the United Kingdom Embassy in Kabul will facilitate the issue of visas to Afghan women to travel to the United Kingdom to take part in the Afghanistan Development Conference to be co-hosted by the United Kingdom in November.

Afghan government delegates to the Afghanistan Development Conference, as well as invited guests of the British Government will have their visa applications facilitated by our Embassy in Kabul. This includes individuals invited to Government sponsored ‘fringe events’. For other side events not sponsored by the Government, visas will be handled by the UK visa offices in Islamabad and New Delhi. We are liaising with the organisers of these events to ensure that the process is as straightforward as possible.