UI2023004604

Pursuant to rule 14 of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008, [the appellant] ( and/or any member of his family, expert, witness or other person the Tribunal considers should not be identified ) is granted anonymity.

No-one shall publish or reveal any information, including the name or address of the appellant, likely to lead members of the public to identify the appellant ( and/or other person ). Failure to comply with this order could amount to a contempt of court .

             The appellant appeals with permission against the decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge Hamilton ('the Judge') who dismissed his appeal on protection grounds.

             The appellant is a citizen of Afghanistan. He arrived in the UK on or around 5 September 2019 on a student visa valid to October 2021. He subsequently extended his leave to October 2023 as a post study worker. He claimed asylum on 4 August 2022 on the basis that he and his family have received threats from the Taliban. Before coming to the UK he had run his own business in Afghanistan, he had received threats from the Taliban, however he had left to come to the UK to study hoping that the interest in him would disappear.

             Following the Taliban's return to completely control the country in August 2021, and specifically his family having received threats in late 2021, they left and moved to Pakistan. The appellant visited them there in February 2022. A senior Taliban intelligence officer had visited the appellant's family home, this officer ('Y') is a distant relative of the appellant's mother. He specifically had a list with the appellant's name on it. He visited in March and July 2022.