Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 25726

Afghanistan: Women

Tabled: 22 January 2025
Answered: 30 January 2025

Question

Preet Kaur Gill

Labour (Co-op)Birmingham Edgbaston

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

Mr Hamish Falconer
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...

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