Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 7 September 2021, Official Report, column 31, which states that are not ordinarily classified as friends of the UK the Government plans to engage with on Afghanistan.

This question was answered on 10th September 2021
The UK Government will engage with all countries, either bilaterally or through the multilateral system, where there is a shared interest in Afghanistan.