§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government in Afghanistan regarding human rights in that country; and if he will make a statement. [44397]
§ Mr. FatchettWe do not consider there to be an effective government in Afghanistan. We remain deeply concerned by the continuing human rights abuses in Afghanistan. At the instigation of the UK, the EU adopted a Common Position on Afghanistan in January which included calls for an improvement in human rights. We regularly make representations to all the warring factions on the issue. We also urge Afghanistan's neighbours, both bilaterally and in the UN, to use their influence over the warring Afghan factions to bring the fighting and the human rights abuses to an end.