Defence Committee - Fifteenth Report
Afghanistan

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 13 May 2014.

Contents

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Terms of Reference

Conclusions and recommendations

1 Introduction

Our inquiry

Previous inquiries

2 Security situation

State of the insurgency

Afghan National Security Forces

ANSF attrition

Civilian casualties

Women's rights and protections

Narcotics

3 Political transition

Signing of Bilateral Security Agreement and Status of Forces Agreement

4 Prospects of a peace settlement

Afghan Peace and Reintegration Programme

The role of Pakistan

5 Withdrawal of UK Forces

Scale of the challenge

Progress

Force Protection

Medical services

Future role

Afghan National Army Officer Academy

6 Lessons from Afghanistan

National Lessons Study

Official History

7 Conclusion

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee in Session 2013-2014

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Prepared 13 May 2014