KABUL (Pajhwok): A senior United Nations official says the urgent priority in Afghanistan is to maintain the humanitarian response in the current operating environment.
Secretary General's Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan Ramiz Alakbarov said: “Needs in Afghanistan will deteriorate further unless humanitarian space improves & donors urgently step up to enable aid agencies to maintain the world’s largest response.”
In 2023, he said in a series of tweets, $4.62 billion was needed to assist 23.7 million Afghans and fend off hunger, disease and death.
He wrote the caretaker government had taken a series of decisions that . . .
