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<p>We are deeply concerned about human rights in Afghanistan, including violence and
discrimination towards religious minorities. Ethnic and religious minorities have
long faced attacks and discrimination in Afghanistan and we are monitoring the situation
closely. We have made human rights a central feature of all of our contact with the
Taliban to date, including the visit to Kabul on 5 October by the Prime Minister's
High Representative for Afghanistan Transition, Sir Simon Gass. We will continue to
work closely with international partners to call for freedom of religion to be respected
in Afghanistan. On 7 October, the UK co-sponsored a United Nations Human Rights Council
resolution that created a Special Rapporteur mandate to monitor human rights in the
country.</p>
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