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The UK and Afghanistan

Inquiry by the International Relations and Defence Committee, 24 July 2020 to 24 January 2022. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 18 September 2020: Deborah Lyons, United Nations Mission in Afghanistan
  • 18 September 2020: Kate Clark, Afghanistan Analysts Network; Shaharzad Akbar, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission; Hameed Hakimi, Chatham House
  • 23 September 2020: Dr Orzala Nemat, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit; Charles Davy, AfghanAid; Mark Bowen, Overseas Development Institute
  • 23 September 2020: Sir Richard Stagg, Afghanistan
  • 28 September 2020: Ayesha Siddiqa, SOAS, University of London; Husain Haqqani, United States of America
  • 28 September 2020: Laurel Miller, International Crisis Group; James Dobbins, Rand Corporation
  • 7 October 2020: Antonio De Lauri, Chr Michelsen Institute; Erica Gaston, Global Public Policy Institute Berlin
  • 7 October 2020: Andrew Watkins, International Crisis Group; Dr Ashley Jackson, Overseas Development Institute
  • 21 October 2020: Lord Houghton of Richmond, Ministry of Defence; Sir Mark Sedwill KCMG FRGS, Cabinet Office; Sir Mark Sedwill KCMG FRGS, Cabinet Office; Sir Mark Sedwill KCMG FRGS, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Sir Mark Sedwill KCMG FRGS, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  • 21 October 2020: Dr John Manza, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  • 28 October 2020: Dr Avinash Paliwal, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; Dr Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, Georgetown University; Dr Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, Sciences Po, Paris
  • 28 October 2020: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger; Dr Sima Samar, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Dr Sima Samar, UN High Level Panel on Displacement; Dr Sima Samar, Advisory Board on Mediation to UN Secretary General
  • 4 November 2020: Brigadier (Retired) Ian Thomas OBE, The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; Dr Edward R Flint, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
  • 17 November 2020: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Baroness Goldie, Ministry of Defence