Written question asked by Julian Lewis (Conservative) on Monday, 19 November 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 November 2001. It was answered by Clare Short (Labour) on Thursday, 29 November 2001 on behalf of the Department for International Development.
Dept for International Development
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of the collapse of Taliban rule on the scale of population displacement in Afghanistan; what assessment she has made of the willingness of the Northern Alliance and other non-Taliban forces (a) to permit and (b) to assist in the distribution of humanitarian aid; what assessment she has made of the continuing need for air drops as a means of supplying emergency food aid to the Afghan people following the collapse of Taliban rule; what assessment she has made of the opportunities to render accelerated humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people as a result of the collapse of Taliban rule.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 375 c1131-2W; 17173;17175;17174;17172
- Session
- 2001-02
- Subjects
- International assistance Humanitarian aid Politics and government Refugees Afghanistan Food aid Taliban Northern Alliance
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