That the Parliament notes with deep concern that 15 August 2025 marked the fourth anniversary of the fall of Afghanistan into the hands of what it believes to be the brutal and oppressive Taliban; is deeply alarmed by reports of an ongoing erosion of basic human rights presided over by what it considers is an illegitimate and anti-democratic terror regime; condemns the reported human rights abuses, which have been evidenced and reported on by various international bodies, including what it sees as a brutal gender apartheid, the forced displacement and persecution of ethnic groups and the impoverishment of millions of people; believes that the Taliban deny free speech, media and religious observance and have removed the most basic rights and freedoms from women; further believes that the regime should not be afforded international recognition or legitimacy in such circumstances; welcomes reports of the arrest warrants issued in July 2025 to the supreme leader and the chief justice of the Taliban by the International Criminal Court; commends the reported action taken at the International Court of Justice, supported by 26 countries, which, it regrets, does not include the UK, to pursue legal action against Taliban leaders for what it sees as their systematic human rights abuses; offers its solidarity to the people of Afghanistan and its diaspora, including here in Scotland, and calls for a co-ordinated international plan to be developed to improve the lives of the people of Afghanistan and to ultimately free them from what it sees as the oppression of the Taliban.