'Far greater humanitarian crisis is just beginning': UNHCR on situation in Afghanistan
The UN refugee agency urged the Taliban and all other parties to uphold human rights, especially those of women and girls.
As evacuations from Kabul wind down in the coming days, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday (August 30, 2021) warned that "a larger crisis is just beginning" in Afghanistan and for its 39 million people.
UNHCR reiterated a call for borders to remain open
UN refugee agency urged Taliban to uphold human rights
The UN refugee agency urged the Taliban and all other parties to uphold human rights, especially those of women and girls. The UN agency said that the evacuation effort has undoubtedly saved tens of thousands of lives, but some 39 million Afghans will still remain inside Afghanistan after 'the airlift and the media frenzy' are over.
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'Far greater humanitarian crisis is just beginning' UNHCR said
"The airlifts out of Kabul will end in a matter of days, and the tragedy that has unfolded will no longer be as visible. But it will still be a daily reality for millions of Afghans. We must not turn away. A far greater humanitarian crisis is just beginning," UN High Commissioner for Refugees said in a statement.
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5,00,000 Afghans could flee Afghanistan 2021-end
Around 3.5 mn people displaced by violence within Afghanistan
The UN refugee agency claimed that around 3.5 million people have already been displaced by violence within Afghanistan and more than half a million since the start of this year.
"The airlifts out of Kabul will end in a matter of days, and the tragedy that has unfolded will no longer be as visible. But it will still be a daily reality for millions of Afghans. We must not turn away. A far greater humanitarian crisis is just beginning," the UNHCR said.
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Five rockets fired at Kabul airport on Monday
At least 10 killed in US airstrike in Kabul
Meanwhile, the casualties in the US airstrike in Afghanistan's capital Kabul increased to at least 10 including children on Monday. The attack by the United States military forces to 'eliminate an imminent ISIS-K' threat to the Hamad Karzai International airport in Kabul has reportedly killed four kids.
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