7 December 2021 - Government policy on Afghanistan - Oral evidence

The session will focus on the FCDO’s conduct of the evacuation effort from Afghanistan and planning for the withdrawal of international forces. 

Sir Laurie Bristow served as Ambassador to Afghanistan from June 2021, and ran an FCDO Transition Task Force on Afghanistan. Sir Laurie will appear alongside Sir Philip Barton, the Permanent Under-Secretary at the FCDO, and Nigel Casey, Director for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran Directorate in the FCDO.