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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…
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on the situation 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.
This review finds that humanitarian actors responded in a variety of ways to Taliban actions limiting principled aid in the country
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
A Foreign Office Research Analyst paper.
Explanation of vote by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan.
UK Statement for Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan.
Statement for Item 2: Interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on human rights situation in Afghanistan. Delivered by Human Rights Ambassador Rita French.
Foreign ministers from 12 countries, and the EU, gave a statement after the Taliban’s order barred Afghan women from working for non-governmental organisations.
Australia issued a joint statement with a number of foreign ministers worldwide on the Taliban's increasing restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan.
The foreign ministers gave a joint statement condemning the Taliban’s recent decision to ban women from universities in Afghanistan.
On behalf of the UK government Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon condemned the Taliban's recent decision to ban women from going to university across Afghanistan.
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