UK Foreign Affairs Committee inquiry into the future of UK policy towards Afghanistan following the international military withdrawal: Written evidence submitted by Asia Displacement Solutions Platform (AFG0014)

In September 2021, the UK Foreign Affairs Committee launched a call for evidence on a range of topics, in the context of the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan and the subsequent change in the nation’s de facto governing authority. ADSP members submitted evidence to the enquiry to highlight the dire humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, since…

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Briefing Note: Humanitarian priorities in post-coup Myanmar

On 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s military, the Tatmadaw, deposed Myanmar’s elected government. Alleging widespread fraud in the November 2020 elections, which the Tatmadaw’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party lost to the incumbent National League for Democracy (NLD), Tatmadaw leaders announced a one-year state of emergency. Anti-coup protests and an organised Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM)…

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