Written question asked by Dan Jarvis (Labour) on Monday, 13 July 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 July 2015 (named day). It was answered by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 July 2015 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Afghanistan: Taliban

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of progress in talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban; and what he would consider a successful outcome to be to those negotiations.

Answer: We welcome the recent talks between the Government of Afghanistan and the Taleban and support a political process to end the long-running conflict. A successful outcome to a peace process would be a durable reduction in violence in Afghanistan, while also maintaining the progress made in Afghanistan since 2001. Ultimately, the process will need to be Afghan-led and Afghan-owned, and we support them in their efforts to bring the conflict to an end.

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