Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 67861

Afghanistan: Religious Freedom

Tabled: 15 July 2025
Answered: 6 August 2025

Question

John Glen

ConservativeSalisbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the decline of freedom of religion or belief for religious minorities under Taliban rule in Afghanistan.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
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...

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