Committees

Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Inquiry

The Defence Committee is inquiring into developments following the US agreement with the Taliban in February 2020 to withdraw NATO troops from Afghanistan (the Doha Agreement), which was endorsed by the NATO decision of March 2020, and will look at the planning for and execution of withdrawal of UK Armed Forces, and evacuation of UK nationals and Afghans who had worked with the UK Armed Forces.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 5:00pm on 14 October 2021.

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Past events

Tuesday 23 November 2021
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Withdrawal from Afghanistan - Oral evidence 23 November 2021
2:30pm
  • General David Petraeus (ret.), Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan (2010-11)
3:30pm
  • Jeff Harrison (Interim CEO at Combat Stress)
  • Sarah Jones (Head of Psychological Wellbeing at Help for Heroes)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 16 November 2021
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Withdrawal from Afghanistan - Oral evidence 16 November 2021
2:30pm
  • Dr Jack Watling (Research Fellow for Land Warfare at Royal United Services Institute (RUSI))
  • Brigadier (ret.) Ben Barry (Senior Fellow for Land Warfare at International Institute for Strategic Studies)
3:30pm
  • Dr Sara de Jong (Representative at The Sulha Alliance)
  • Professor Brad Blitz (Representative at Afghan Solidarity Coalition)
  • Dr Neelam Raina (Representative at Afghan Solidarity Coalition)
  • Peter Gordon-Finlayson (Representative at The Sulha Alliance)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 26 October 2021
2:00pm Private
2:30pm Public
Withdrawal from Afghanistan - Oral evidence 26 October 2021
2:30pm
  • Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP (Secretary of State for Defence at Ministry of Defence)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster

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