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Afghanistan: Religious Freedom

Commons · Question 70350 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote religious freedom in Afghanistan.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 17 Sep 2025

Afghanistan is a focus country in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's (FCDO) new approach to freedom of religion or belief, announced by the UK Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief, on 8 July. FCDO officials regularly press the Ta...