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Posted on August 24, 2021
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(Reuters) – The British government will discuss proposals to blacklist Afghanistan, which would allow its authorities to jail people for up to 10 years if they were proven to have visited the outlawed territory, The Telegraph newspaper reported https://bit.ly/2WizZDi.
“We’re looking at every option available at this stage about how we proceed in the future. This is one of the options”, the newspaper quoted a source as saying. The proposals will be discussed later this week.
The development comes after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan earlier this month.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
The British government is discussing proposals to blacklist Afghanistan, which would allow authorities to jail individuals for up to 10 years if they are proven to have visited the country.
The proposal comes in response to the Taliban seizing power in Afghanistan earlier this month.
The UK government is looking at every available option regarding how to proceed in the future, including the possibility of criminalizing visits to Afghanistan.
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