Formal meeting (oral evidence session): Government policy on Afghanistan

Purpose of the session

The session will focus on the fall of Kabul, the evacuation, and the UK’s future relationship with Afghanistan and the wider region.  

Ben Wallace, Secretary of State for Defence, and Admiral Sir Ben Key, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval, will appear in the first panel, followed by Lord Ahmad, Minister for South Asia, and Nigel Casey, Director for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran Directorate, of the FCDO. 

Witnesses

Tuesday 25 January: 

from 14:30

Panel 1 

• Rt Hon Ben Wallace, Defence Secretary
• Admiral Sir Ben Key, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff  

Panel 2 

• Lord Ahmad, Minister for South Asia, FCDO  
• Nigel Casey, Director for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran Directorate, FCDO