Written question asked by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Thursday, 10 September 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 September 2015 (named day). It was answered by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 September 2015 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Afghanistan: Hazara

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Afghan counterpart on the treatment of the Hazara people in that country.

Answer: Our Embassy in Kabul regularly meets Hazara representatives to discuss minority issues and Hazaran representation in the National Unity Government, including 2nd Vice President Danish in September; Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah’s adviser, Dr Habibi Sorabi, in June; and 2nd Deputy to the CEO Abdullah, Mohammed Mohaqeq, in March, where concerns regarding the kidnaps of Hazaras were raised. We raised our concerns regarding minority rights with the Government of Afghanistan during Afghanistan’s Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council in 2014.

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