UK officials travel to Afghanistan, 10 February 2022
The UK’s Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Affairs and the Chargé d'Affaires ad Interim of the UK Mission to Afghanistan held talks with the Taliban.
A government spokesperson said:
UK representatives returned to Afghanistan today for talks on how to respond to the country’s deepening humanitarian crisis.
Nick Dyer, the UK’s Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Affairs, Hugo Shorter, Chargé d’Affaires ad Interim of the UK Mission to Afghanistan and Hester Waddams, Deputy Head of Mission and Political Counsellor, UK Mission to Afghanistan met senior Taliban officials including Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi and Abdul Haq Wasiq.
As well as discussing the dire humanitarian situation, officials made clear to the Taliban the UK’s serious concerns about human rights, including those of women, girls and minorities, and the treatment of women’s rights activists.
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