HC Deb 18 December 1985 vol 89 c204W
73. Mr. Ron Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on relations with Afghanistan.

Mr. Eggar

As I told my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth, East (Mr. Atkinson) on 19 November. We have no substantive relations with Afghanistan. Following the Soviet invasion in December 1979, we withdrew Her Majesty's ambassador in Kabul and suspended our aid programme to Afghanistan.