Appendix 2: List of witnesses

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Shaharzad Akbar, Chairperson, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission

QQ 1–8

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Kate Clark, Co-Director, Afghanistan Analysts Network

QQ 1–8

**

Hameed Hakimi, Research Associate, Chatham House

QQ 1–8

*

Deborah Lyons, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

QQ 9–17

*

Sir Richard Stagg, former British Ambassador to Afghanistan

QQ 18–29

*

Dr Orzala Nemat, Director, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit

QQ 30–36

**

Charles Davy, Managing Director, Afghanaid

QQ 30–36

*

Mark Bowden, Senior Research Associate, Overseas Development Institute (ODI)

QQ 30–36

*

Laurel Miller, Director—Asia Programme, International Crisis Group, and former acting US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

QQ 37–46

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James Dobbins, Senior Fellow and Distinguished Chair in Diplomacy and Security, Rand Corporation, and former US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

QQ 37–46

*

Husain Haqqani, Director for South and Central Asia, Hudson Institute;

QQ 47–54

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Dr Ayesha Siddiqa, Research Associate, South Asia Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

QQ 47–54

*

Dr Antonio De Lauri, Research Professor, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen

QQ 55–63

*

Erica Gaston, Non-Resident Fellow, Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin

QQ 55–63

*

Andrew Watkins, Senior Analyst—Afghanistan, International Crisis Group

QQ 64–71

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Dr Ashley Jackson, Co-Director, Centre for the Study of Armed Groups, ODI

QQ 64–71

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Dr John Manza, Assistant Secretary General for Operations, NATO

QQ 72–84

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Lord Houghton of Richmond GCB CBE DL, former Chief of the Defence Staff

QQ 85–91

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Lord Sedwill KCMG FRGS, former Cabinet Secretary and former National Security Advisor

QQ 85–91

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Baroness Hodgson of Abinger, Co-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security

QQ 92–99

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Dr Sima Samar, Special Envoy of the President and State Minister for Human Rights and International Affairs, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

QQ 92–99

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Dr Avinash Paliwal, Associate Professor and Deputy Director, South Asia Institute, SOAS

QQ 100–107

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Dr Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, Adjunct Associate Professor, Security Studies Program, Georgetown University, Institut for Political Studies, Sciences Po, Paris

QQ 100–107

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Brigadier (Retired) Ian Thomas OBE, former Commander of Operation Toral, Dean of Academic Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

QQ 108–114

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Dr Edward Flint, Head of Department, Defence and International Affairs Department, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

QQ 108–114

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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

QQ 115–128

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Baroness Goldie DL, Minister of State, Ministry of Defence

QQ 115–128

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Gareth Bayley, Director, South Asia and Afghanistan, FCDO

QQ 115–128

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Peter Vowles, Director, Asia Caribbean and Overseas Territories, FCDO

QQ 115–128

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) (QQ 115–128)

Amnesty International UK

AFG0023

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Shaharzad Akbar, Chairperson, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (QQ 1–8)

Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh, Convenor—Middle East Studies Forum, Deputy Director (International), Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation

AFG0031

Drugs & (dis)order Research Project, through BAAG (British and Irish Agencies Afghanistan Group)

AFG0013

*

Gareth Bayley, Director, South Asia and Afghanistan, FCDO (QQ 115–128)

BBC World Service

AFG0015

*

Mark Bowden, Senior Research Associate, ODI
(QQ 30–36)

The British Council

AFG0017

Stephen Brooking, Special Advisor, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Confidential)

AFG0001

Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)

AFG0012

*

Kate Clark, Co-Director, Afghanistan Analysts Network (QQ 1–8)

*

Baroness Coussins, Independent Consultant and former member of the Locally Employed Civilians Assurance Committee

AFG0020

**

Charles Davy, Managing Director, Afghanaid
(QQ 30–36)

AFG0018

*

James Dobbins, Senior Fellow and Distinguished Chair in Diplomacy and Security, Rand Corporation, and former US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (QQ 37–46 )

*

Dr Antonio De Lauri, Research Professor, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen

(QQ 55–63)

Dr. Vanda Felbab-Brown, Director, the Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors, Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution

AFG0027

Falanx Assynt Ltd

AFG0005

*

Dr Edward Flint, Head of Department, Defence and International Affairs Department, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (QQ 108–114)

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

AFG0011

Friends of Hazaras (Confidential)

AFG0014

*

Erica Gaston, Non-Resident Fellow, Global Public Policy Institute, Berlin (QQ 55–63)

*

Baroness Goldie DL, Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (QQ 115–128)

**

Hameed Hakimi, Research Associate, Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham House (QQ 1–8)

AFG0024

*

Husain Haqqani, Director for South and Central Asia, Hudson Institute (QQ 47–54)

The Hazara Research Collective

AFG0008

The Hazara Organization for Peace and Equality (HOPE) (Confidential)

AFG0007

*

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger, Co-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security (QQ 92–99)

*

Lord Houghton of Richmond GCB CBE DL, former Chief of the DefenceStaff (QQ 85–91)

Human Rights Watch

AFG0022

Human Security Centre

AFG0019

Dr Niamatullah Ibrahimi, Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University, Melbourne

AFG0004

*

Dr Ashley Jackson, Co-Director, Centre for the Study of Armed Groups, ODI (QQ 64–71)

Vinay Kaura, Assistant Professor, Department of International Affairs and Security Studies, Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice, Rajasthan

AFG0030

Kathy Keeley, Project Worker/Director, Creature Comforts

AFG0003

LION UK

AFG0012

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Deborah Lyons, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
(QQ 9–17)

Professor William Maley, Professor of Diplomacy, Australian National University

AFG0004

*

Dr John Manza, Assistant Secretary General for Operations, NATO (QQ 72–84)

Dr Terence McSweeney, Solent University and the London School of Economics and Political Science

AFG0002

*

Laurel Miller, Director—Asia Programme, International Crisis Group, and former acting US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
(QQ 37–46)

Shabnam Nasimi, British Afghan social and political activist

AFG0029

*

Dr Orzala Nemat, Director, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (QQ 30–36)

ODI

AFG0028

*

Dr Avinash Paliwal, Associate Professor and Deputy Director, SOAS (QQ 100–107)

Saeed Parto, Director of Research, Afghan Public Policy Research Organization (APPRO)

AFG0026

Marissa Quie, Fellow and Director of Studies in Human, Social and Political Science, Lucy Cavendish College, and College Lecturer in Politics and Director of Studies in Human, Social and Political Science, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge

AFG0024

*

Dr Sima Samar, Special Envoy of the President and State Minister for Human Rights and International Affairs, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (QQ 92–99)

*

Lord Sedwill KCMG FRGS, former Cabinet Secretary and former National Security Advisor (QQ 85–91)

Gul Masqood Sabit, former Deputy Minister of Finance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and Lecturer, Ohlone College, California

AFG0025

*

Dr Ayesha Siddiqa, Research Associate, South Asia Institute, SOAS (QQ 47–54)

*

Sir Richard Stagg, former British Ambassador to Afghanistan (QQ 18–29)

Lord Stirrup, former Chief of Defence Staff, and former member of the Locally Employed Civilians Assurance Committee

AFG0020

*

Dr Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, Adjunct Associate Professor, Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University, Institut for Political Studies at Sciences Po, Paris (QQ 100–107

*

Brigadier (Retired) Ian Thomas OBE, former Commander of Operation Toral, Dean of Academic Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (QQ 108–114)

Voices for Creative Nonviolence

AFG0016

*

Peter Vowles, Director, Asia Caribbean and Overseas Territories, FCDO (QQ 115–128)

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Andrew Watkins, Senior Analyst—Afghanistan, International Crisis Group (QQ 64–71)

Nicholas Williams, Senior Associate Fellow, European Leadership Network

AFG0021

The World Food Programme

AFG0010