Written questions

Afghanistan: Women

Commons · Question 25726 · Tabled 22 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 30 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Preet Kaur Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to the authorities in Afghanistan on the treatment of women and girls in that country.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 30 Jan 2025

We repeatedly condemn the Taliban's draconian restrictions on women and girls' rights, both bilaterally and internationally. The UK Mission to Afghanistan in Doha continues to press Taliban acting ministers and Afghan officials on their grotesque human ri...