Annex
Foreign Affairs Committee visit
to Afghanistan and Pakistan
23-29 October 2010
Participating Members:
Richard Ottaway (Chair), Mike Gapes, Andrew
Rosindell, Mr Frank Roy, Sir John Stanley, Rory Stewart, Mr Dave
Watts
Sunday 24 October
ISLAMABAD
- Briefing with Peter Tibber,
Deputy High Commissioner, Islamabad and senior British High Commission
officials
- Briefing with Deputy Chief of US Mission, Mr
Stephen Engelken
- Meeting and discussion with the organisers of,
and participants in, Offscreen Expedition (UK-Pakistan student
exchange programme)
- Briefing with Pakistani commentators, civil society
activists, journalists and international partners, with the theme
'Civil Society Perspectives on Pakistan and Afghanistan'
Monday 25 October
ISLAMABAD
- Meeting and briefing with British
Consul-General Ms Sheena Lavery and staff including those working
in the Forced Marriage Unit
- Meeting with Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs,
National Assembly of Pakistan
- Meeting with General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Pakistan
KABUL
- Briefing with HMA Kabul, Sir
William Patey, and senior Embassy officials
- Meeting with Mohammad Younis Qanooni, Speaker
of the Wolesi Jirga
- Meeting with members of Afghan civil society
Tuesday 26 October
THE GROUP DIVIDED:
HERAT
- Briefing from the Provincial
Reconstruction Team
- Meeting with Governor of Herat Province, Mohammad
Daoudshah Saba
- Meeting with the Chancellor, Herat University
and roundtable discussion with university students
- Visit to Herat industrial park and motorcycle
factory
HELMAND
- Briefings from Michael O'Neil,
Head of the Civilian-Military Mission, Helmand; Brigadier James
Chiswell, Task Force Commander and officials
- Briefing with Governor of Helmand Province, Gulab
Mangal
- Visit to, and briefing at, the Helmand Police
Training Centre
Wednesday 27 October
- Visit to, and briefings at,
NATO Training Mission, Afghanistan Headquarters (Duralaman)
- Meeting with Dr Omar Zakhilwal, Minister of Finance
- Meeting with H. E. President Hamid Karzai
- Meeting with Mark Sedwill, Senior Civilian Representative,
NATO
- Meeting with Lt. Gen. Bucknall, Deputy Commander,
ISAF
- Meeting with Afghan parliamentarians and Ministers
Thursday 28 October
KABUL
- Visit to the Women's Park,
Kabul, a Microfinance project supported by DFID
- Briefing with Lieutenant William B. Caldwell,
Commander, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan and senior team
- Briefing with Mr Mohammad Daud Rassoul, Deputy
Country Director, and staff British Council, Kabul
ISLAMABAD
- Mr Nasrullah Khan, Director
General—Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Mr Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan, Minister of State,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Meeting with H.E. President Asif Asi Zardari
- Briefing with key Pakistani officials, commentators
and analysts
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