Question follow-through · 17860
Taliban: Medicine
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Taliban's decision to (a) ban women from medical training and (b) prohibit male medics from
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Taliban's decision to (a) ban women from medical training and (b) prohibit male medics from
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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16 Dec 2024
Answer published
The UK is deeply concerned at reports of a ban on women accessing medical training in Afghanistan. We strongly condemn this and urge the Taliban to reverse this decision. Female health workers are critical to treating women-focused health issues such as r...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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