London marchers to call for safe asylum route for Afghan women

Schoolgirls in Kandahar. Marchers will call for a renewed focus on women and girls after the end of Britain’s campaign in Afghanistan. Photograph: Javed Tanveer/AFP/Getty Images

Thousands of people are expected to take to London’s streets on Sunday calling on the UK government to create a safe asylum route for Afghan women and girls at risk.

Sunday’s march for freedom for Afghan women and girls in London, organised by the campaign group Action for Afghanistan, comes weeks after MPs appealed to the foreign secretary, James Cleverly, for a renewed focus on women and girls at risk after Britain’s 20-year campaign in the country.