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The Washington Post: “As evacuation airlifts end, those left behind in Afghanistan face dire humanitarian crises”


THE WASHINGTON POST: “As evacuation airlifts end, those left behind in Afghanistan face dire humanitarian crises”

September 1, 2021 | Brother Anwar Khan, president of Islamic Relief USA, was recently quoted in The Washington Post regarding Afghanistan refugee.

Afghans wait for the banks to open in Kabul on Aug. 31, 2021. (Hoshang Hashimi/AFP/Getty Images)

“It’s already one of the poorest countries in the world. With Afghanistan under Taliban control, aid groups are warning of worsening humanitarian crises as the country faces economic hardship and increased international isolation.

Since Kabul fell to the militant organization on Aug. 15, the flow of international aid on which Afghanistan so greatly depends has slowed to a trickle. Access to cash in the country is limited. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have frozen funds. It remains uncertain how the United States will continue to supply foreign assistance to Afghans while contending with the new Taliban rulers.

“If things continue this way,” said Anwar Khan, the president of Islamic Relief USA “the question is going to be not if children will die, but how many.”

Here are some of the struggles the nation of some 40 million people is facing.

A crisis of the displaced

Women and children collect water in a camp for internally displaced people in Kandahar in July 2021. (Lorenzo Tugnoli for The Washington Post)

Tens of thousands of Afghans have fled the country as the Taliban has returned, adding to the 2.6 million Afghan refugees registered around the world. But within the country’s borders, there is also a crisis of homelessness and displacement. Afghanistan has some 3.5 million internally displaced people, or IDPs, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.”

 

See the full article on The Washington Post.

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