UK To Discuss Criminalising Entering Afghanistan: Report

UK will discuss proposals to jail people for up to 10 years if they were proven to have visited Afghanistan.

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. "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.