Ms. Kaja Kallas
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
European External Action Service (EEAS)
Brussels, Belgium

Subject: Deep Concern Regarding EU Engagement with Taliban Representatives on Afghan Returns

Reference: FAROE2026A008

Heerlen, 15 Jun 2026

Dear Ms. Kallas,,

On behalf of the Federation of Afghan Resident Organizations in Europe (FAROE), we wish to express our profound concern regarding reports that representatives of the European Commission and participating European governments have invited officials of the Taliban administration to Brussels for discussions concerning the return and readmission of Afghan nationals from European countries.

We understand that these …

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To:
European Union

T.a.o: Cabinet of His Excellency Mr. Josep Borrell-Fontelles head of EU External Action Services (EEAS)

Subject: Urgent Appeal Concerning the Violent Suppression of Women’s Peaceful Protests in Herat, Afghanistan

Reference: FAROE2026A007

Heerlen, 12 Jun 2026

His Excellency Dear Mr. Josep Borrell-Fontelles head of EU External Action Services,

Dear Mr. Josep Borrell-Fontelles,

On behalf of the Federation of Afghan Resident Organizations in Europe (FAROE), we wish to express our profound concern regarding recent reports from Herat, Afghanistan, indicating that Taliban authorities have violently suppressed peaceful protests organized by Afghan women and girls.

These protests were triggered by the …

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Leiden, 06-03-2026

Subject: 8 March, International Women Day /Women in Afghanistan

Dear Sir or Madam,

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, we write on behalf of the Federation of Afghan Resident Organizations in Europe (FAROE) to express our profound concern and disappointment regarding the continued and systematic oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

For more than four years, Afghan women have been subjected to policies that amount to the institutionalized erasure of women from public life. Girls have been banned from secondary schools and universities, women have been removed from most forms of employment, and …

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FAROE 2025 Annual Conference

On the occasion of Human Rights Day

Title: “The World and the Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan”

Date: Sunday, 7 December 2025
Venue: Online – via Zoom

Organizer: FAROE

Resolution

The Human Rights Day Conference of the Federation of Afghan Organizations in

Europe (FAROE) was held virtually with the participation of national and international

speakers who presented documented analyses and findings. Participants welcomed the

establishment of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Afghanistan (IIM-A) for

investigating human rights violations, war crimes, and systematic documentation of

these incidents, while expressing deep concern over the deteriorating human rights

situation …

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FAROE 2025 Annual Conference

On the occasion of Human Rights Day

Title: “The World and the Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan”

Date: Sunday, 7 December 2025
Venue: Online – via Zoom

Organizer: FAROE

Resolution

The Human Rights Day Conference of the Federation of Afghan Organizations in

Europe (FAROE) was held virtually with the participation of national and international

speakers who presented documented analyses and findings. Participants welcomed the

establishment of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Afghanistan (IIM-A) for

investigating human rights violations, war crimes, and systematic documentation of

these incidents, while expressing deep concern over the deteriorating human rights

situation …

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FAROE International Conference

On the occasion of the International Human Rights Day, the Federation of Afghan Resident Organizations in Europe (FAROE) is hosting a conference entitled:

“The World and the Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan”

Distinguished international speakers will participate, including:
• Mr. Richard Bennett – UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan
• Mr. Tom Siring – Head of the Human Rights Research League, Norway
• Professor Dr. Zaman Stanizi – Professor of Theology, Pacific University, USA
• And several other notable speakers

📅 7 December 2025
⏰ 18:00 – 21:00 (CET)
🌐 Online (Zoom)…

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Leiden, 24 October 2025

To:
Ms. Kaja Kallas
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
European External Action Service (EEAS)
Brussels, Belgium

Subject: Urgent Appeal to Reconsider Negotiations with the Taliban on the Return of Afghan Asylum Seekers

Dear Ms. Kallas,

We are writing to you on behalf of the Federation of Afghan Organizations in Europe (FAROE) to express our deep concern regarding reports that twenty European governments, including the Netherlands, have urged the European Union to engage in negotiations with the Taliban for the return of rejected Afghan asylum seekers.

Given the current human …

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Leiden, 15 august 2025

To:
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
European External Action Service (EEAS)
Brussels, Belgium

Subject: Four Years of Taliban Rule in Afghanistan – Urgent Call for Conditionality in EU Engagement

Dear Mrs. Kallas,

On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, we, the [Full Name of FAROE], write to express our deep concern over the continuing and systematic violations of human rights — particularly those affecting Afghan women, girls, and the younger generation.

For four years, Afghan girls have been denied secondary and …

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Leiden, 11-07-2025

To: Her Excellency, Mrs. Kaya Kallas, Head of European External Action Service (EEAS)

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

European Commission

Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 200

1049 Brussels, Belgium

Subject: Urgent Appeal Regarding EU Inaction on the Forced Deportation of Afghan Refugees by Iran and Pakistan

Her Excellency Mrs. Kaya Kallas ,

I am writing to you on behalf of hundreds of concerned citizen of the European Union, namely the members of  the member organizations of the FAROE who are deeply troubled by the deafening silence and apparent indifference of the …

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Brief Report on the FAROE Conference
“The World: From Reluctance to Accept to the Forced Repatriation of Afghan Refugees”
(Commemorating World Refugee Week)
Date: June 23, 2025

This conference was convened at a time when the forced expulsion of Afghan nationals particularly by regional countries such as Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey has escalated dramatically, marked by unprecedented and deeply inhumane methods. The forced repatriation of Afghan asylum seekers has intensified while, within Afghanistan, systemic violations of internationally recognized human rights standards persist, including widespread injustice and the complete exclusion of women from social, educational, and economic spheres.

Under such dire circumstances, …

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