Government policy on Afghanistan

Inquiry by the Foreign Affairs Committee, 1 September 2021 to 29 July 2022. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• First report - Missing in action: UK leadership and the withdrawal from Afghanistan (24 May 2022)
• Second Special Report - Missing in action: UK leadership and the withdrawal from Afghanistan: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report (29 July 2022)

Evidence sessions

• 1 September 2021: Dominic Raab
• 19 October 2021: Shaharzad Akbar, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission; Shukria Barakzai
• 19 October 2021: Laurel Miller, US State Department; Professor Michael Semple
• 19 October 2021: General David Petraeus (ret.)
• 23 November 2021: Rudra Chaudhuri, Carnegie India; Kori Schake, American Enterprise Institute
• 23 November 2021: Rory Stewart; Lord Richards of Herstmonceux
• 7 December 2021: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Sir Laurie Bristow KCMG; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• 25 January 2022: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Nigel Casey MVO, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• 25 January 2022: Ministry of Defence; Ministry of Defence
• 21 March 2022: Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Nigel Casey MVO, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• 25 April 2022: Sir Stephen Lovegrove, Cabinet Office