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<p>Afghanistan is one of seven countries included in the UN Special Representative
of the Secretary General for Afghanistan’s campaign “Children, Not Soldiers” which
aims to end the recruitment and use of children by Afghan Government security forces.</p><p>We
share the concerns of the UN Special Representative on the continued recruitment of
children in the Afghan security forces, and the lack of oversight of recruitment for
the local police forces. While Afghanistan has made some progress, including the adoption
of a presidential decree criminalizing child recruitment by Government security forces
in 2015, significant efforts are needed to fully implement the Action Plan.</p><p>The
UK welcomes the creation of six child protection units in recruitment centres and
is encouraging Afghanistan to expand this to all provinces. We urge the Government
of Afghanistan to hold to account the perpetrators of child recruitment.</p>
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