‘Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis needed urgent measures’

KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for urgent corrective measures by the interim Afghan government and the international community to address humanitarian crisis and economic meltdown in Afghanistan, according to a statement on Tuesday.

Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) head of states meeting, the prime minister highlighted the impending grave humanitarian crisis and economic meltdown in Afghanistan, which he said, needed urgent corrective measures by the interim Afghan government and the international community.

Terming peace and security a common concern, he said stability in Afghanistan was critical to achieving the common objective.

On climate-induced disasters, the prime minister said the situation demanded global solidarity as it was the time to act “now and immediately”.

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