We welcome the UK’s participation in the Norwegian Government’s talks with the Taliban at the end of January 2021. We call on the UK Government to press for UN resolution 2615 to be extended, or further resolutions to be adopted, to provide exemptions for development assistance, closely linked to the performance of the Taliban on upholding human rights and international law.

We welcome the UK’s participation in the Norwegian Government’s talks with the Taliban at the end of January 2021. We call on the UK Government to press for UN resolution 2615 to be extended, or further resolutions to be adopted, to provide exemptions for development assistance, closely linked to the performance of the Taliban on upholding human rights and international law. Type: recommendation | Number: 22 | Paragraph: 93 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: Resolution 2615 provides a humanitarian assistance ‘exception’ to para 1 (a) of Resolution 2255. It also includes an ‘exception’ for other activities that support basic human needs in Afghanistan. Resolution 2615 will be reviewed within a year of it being adopted on 22 December 2022. At the point of