Operations in Afghanistan: Key Documents and Official Statements

Links to copies of the most important statements, speeches, reports and press conferences relating to Operations in Afghanistan are listed below:

Key Parliamentary Debates and Parliamentary Statements by UK Ministers

Statement by the Defence Secretary to the House of Commons 20 June 2002

Statement by the Defence Secretary to the House of Commons 16 May 2002

Speech by the Defence Secretary to the Commons 20 March 2002

Statement by the Defence Secretary to the House of Commons 18 March 2002

Speech by the Defence Secretary to the Commons 19 December 2001

Statement by the Prime Minister to the House of Commons 17 December 2001

Speech by the Defence Secretary to the Commons 1 November 2001

Statement by the Armed Forces Minister to the House of Commons  26 October 2001

Other key speeches and statements by senior UK personnel

Prime Minister's speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet 12 November 2001

Press Conference given by the Defence Secretary 29 October 2001

Press Conference given by the Defence Secretary and the Chief of the Defence Staff 23 October 2001

Press Conference given by the International Development Secretary and the Under Secretary for Defence 12 October 2001

Press Conference given by the Defence Secretary and the Chief of the Defence Staff 11 October 2001

Press Conference given by the Defence Secretary and the Chief of the Defence Staff 8 October 2001

Prime Minister's Statement 7 October 2001

Speeches, Statements and Press Conferences from senior Coalition personnel

John Reid gives speech to the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council 10 June 2005

UK Defence Secretary and US Defense Secretary briefing 5 June 2002

President Bush's Statement 7 October 2001

Other Relevant Official Documents and Statements

Operation VERITAS Campaign Objectives

Responsibility for the atrocities carried out on 11 September 2001

Prior to the start of military action:

Statement by the Prime Minister to the House of Commons 4 October 2001

Speech by the Defence Secretary to the House of Commons 4 October 2001

House of Lords Debate on International Terrorism 4 October 2001

UN Security Council Resolution 1373

Statement by the Prime Minister 25 September 2001

Speech by the Defence Secretary to the House of Commons 14 September 2001

Statement by the Prime Minister to the House of Commons 14 September 2001

House of Lords Debate on International Terrorism 14 September 2001

Statement by the Prime Minister 11 September 2001

Statement by the Foreign Secretary 11 September 2001