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 Thursday 14 October 2021.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
23 November 2021 - 2pm to 4:30pm
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
16 November 2021 - 2pm to 4:30pm
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Formal meeting (oral evidence session)
26 October 2021 - 2pm to 4:30pm
Room 5, Palace of Westminster

Contact us

  • Email: defcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 3113/6168 (General enquiries) / 07562435286 (Toni McAndrew-Noon: Media enquiries)
  • Address: Defence Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA