UK troops, withdrawal, Afghanisatn
Withdrawal of UK troops and post-2014 involvement in Afghanistan
24 January 2014
This is the first session for this inquiry into progress towards withdrawal of UK troops and post-2014 involvement in Afghanistan.
Witnesses
Committee Room 15, House of Commons
- Lieutenant General James Everard, Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) Ministry of Defence
- Vincent Devine, Director Operational Policy, Ministry of Defence
- Neil Crompton, Director for Afghanistan and South Asia, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Background
The inquiry will examine the security situation in Afghanistan; the progress of withdrawal of UK forces and equipment; expected assistance to the Afghan National Security Forces after 2014; the impact on Afghanistan of the new Government in Pakistan; and UK relations with Afghanistan and Pakistan after 2014.