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FCDO travel advice for Afghanistan. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice…
This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…
Terrorism There is a high threat of terrorist attack globally affecting UK…
Only very limited medical facilities are available in Afghanistan. There…
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Find out about UK forces in Afghanistan
This page provides guidance on the UK’s sanctions regime relating to Afghanistan
UK forces were deployed to Afghanistan in support of the UN-authorised, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission and as part of the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Between 2003 and the end of 2014 UK operations in Afghanistan...
Afghanistan is currently subject to UK financial sanctions. This document contains a current list of designated persons.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients from Afghanistan for healthcare practitioners.
We continue to work at pace to assist people facing serious risk in Afghanistan.
Statement from special representatives and envoys for Afghanistan from Canada, the EU, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, UK and USA after their 18 October 2023 meeting.
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the Security Council meeting on Afghanistan.
The UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO & UN, Simon Manley, delivered a statement at Afghanistan’s Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council.
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan.
The Home Office has announced further details of the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.
How to offer help to people arriving in the UK from Afghanistan: helping them settle in, get jobs or career advice or find housing.
Support and resources for British and non-British nationals who have been affected by the situation in Afghanistan from August 2021.
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