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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
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients from Afghanistan for healthcare practitioners.
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...
List of designated persons and notices issued about new designations, revocations, delistings and other changes to the UK Sanctions List.
The Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) was established by the previous government and became operational in April 2024, and was discontinued on 4 July 2025.
Statement following the meeting of the G7+ Special Representatives for Afghanistan on 29-30 September 2025
Updates, news and events from the UK government in Afghanistan
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