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Follow-up to Afghanistan inquiry

Non-inquiry session

In May 2022 the Committee concluded that there were systemic failures of intelligence, diplomacy, planning and preparation in the UK Government’s handling of its withdrawal from Afghanistan. In the Government’s response, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) acknowledged that there were “fundamental lessons to learn” from the withdrawal, and that it was “determined to raise standards” in preparing for and responding to future crises.

The Foreign Affairs Committee is today issuing a call for written evidence on the Government’s continuing response to the Afghanistan withdrawal and progress in implementing the Committee’s recommendations within its report “Missing in action: UK leadership and the withdrawal from Afghanistan”, published in May 2022.  

The Committee intends to hold an evidence session on 17 October marking one year since the Government’s response to the Committee’s report.

Read the call for evidence for more details about the session

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Tuesday 3 October 2023.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Correspondence

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Letter from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the FCDO relating to the Afghanistan Lessons Learned Report, dated 02/05/2024
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Correspondence
Correspondence with the Foreign Secretary relating to the follow-up session to the Afghanistan inquiry , dated 14/12/2023 and 17/12/2023
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Correspondence from the Minister of State (Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and The UN) following up on the oral evidence session on 17 October, dated 08/11/2023
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Oral evidence transcripts

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17 October 2023
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Witnesses Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Minister of State (Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and United Nations) at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office), and Andrew McCoubrey (Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)
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Oral Evidence
17 October 2023
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Witnesses Andrew Kidd (Former Head of UKAid Programme at British Embassy Kabul, Director at Kent Refugee Action Network, and Representative at UK-Afghanistan Diplomatic and Development Alliance), Fawzia Koofi (Former Deputy Speaker at Afghan Parliament), and Nicola Kelly (Freelance journalist)
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Written evidence

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Anonymised (AFU0004)
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Laure-Hélène Piron (Director at The Policy Practice, on behalf of the UK-Afghanistan Diplomacy and Development Alliance), Joseph Seaton (Founder at At Risk Teachers), Andrew Kidd, Daniel Pimlott, and Sarah Hearn (AFU0005)
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