The UN Deputy Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths, said on Tuesday (September 7th) that he hoped to be able to deliver aid soon by road to Afghanistan, specifying that a new senior UN official was expected soon in the country. .
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We would like to see the start of road trips from other countries to supply supplies
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also inside Afghanistan,
" Martin Griffiths, who met the country's new Taliban leadership in Kabul on Sunday and Monday.
The message was this, he said: "
Humanitarian agencies around the world in every country need independence in the assessment, delivery and monitoring of assistance, security for humanitarian workers. national and international, men and women, and their families.
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600,000 Afghans displaced
Last week, the UN announced that humanitarian flights, from Pakistan in particular, had resumed to northern and southern Afghanistan.
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Security must allow the delivery of humanitarian aid,
" added the UN official, adding that after the Taliban's oral promises on this subject, the UN was trying to have them confirmed in writing.
Martin Griffiths, who said he had met Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Kabul, also said that the head of the UN Refugee Agency, Filippo Grandi, was on his way to Afghanistan. .
He hopes to be able to get to Kandahar (south) from Kabul, he said.
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This year, the number of displaced Afghans has reached 600,000,
" said the UN official. According to the United Nations, the humanitarian crisis affecting the country affects 18 million people, or half of the population. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called an international ministerial meeting in Geneva for Monday to increase humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. The UN is seeking $ 606 million in total to help the country through the end of the year.