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David Miliband's interview with Sarah Montague, 11 February 2008

HMRC search for narcotics with their Afghan counterpartsDFID and World Bank Issue report on economic incentives and development initiatives, 5 February 2008

BBC Interview with Douglas Alexander, 3 February 2008

Lord Malloch-Brown: BBC Interview on Kenya and Afghanistan, 1 February 2008

Foreign Secretary meets a group of Chevening scholarsForeign Secretary David Miliband on Sky News, 9 December 2007

  • The Foreign Secretary appeared on the Adam Boulton programme. He discussed a whole range of foreign policy issues including Afghanistan.

Dutch troops to stay in Oruzgan until 2010, 30 November 2007

British Ambassador condemns Baghlan attack, 6 November 2007

  • Read a message of condolence from the UK Ambassador to Afghanistan (Word document, opens in new window).

Stewart Eldon visiting AfghanistanStewart Eldon, UK Perm Rep to NATO visits Afghanistan, 4 October 2007

  • Stewart Eldon, the UK's permanent representative to NATO has just returned from a visit to Afghanistan. It was a trip that he will long remember. (Word document, opens in new window)

FCO  Comments on UNODC Poppy Survey, 27 August 2007

  • An  FCO Official Spokesperson said "The increases in opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan for a second year in a row is a real cause for concern".

Defence Secretary responds to criticism in the Daily Telegraph, 20 August 2007

  • Secretary of State for Defence, Des Browne, has responded to criticism in the Daily Telegraph which claims the MOD has no strategy in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan celebrates 88 years of independence, 19 August 2007

Lord Malloch-Brown attends a press conference in Lashkar Gah

Lord Malloch-Brown Statement on CN, 9 August 2007

Daily Mail article by David Miliband, 26 July 2007

  • "Arriving by Chinook into Lashkar Gah is quite an experience". David Miliband writes in the Daily Mirror about his recent trip to Afghanistan.

Prime Minister's statement on the death of Mohammed Zahar, 23 July 2007

  • The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has made a statement offering his condolences on the death of Mohammed Zahar, the Father of the Afghan Nation.

Rule of Law Conference, Rome, 2-7 July 2007

  • This conference was held in Rome, 2-7 July. For further details visit the official website.

 

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