Afghanistan: Deadly hospital attack; UN ramps up aid delivery

Farhan Haq was briefing journalists in New York, aft 2 explosions detonated adjacent the entranceway of the Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan infirmary successful Kabul, leaving astatine slightest 19 dormant and dozens much injured, according to quality reports.

There was nary assertion of responsibility, but Taliban officials reportedly laid blasted connected an affiliate radical of the ISIL violent network.

“We explicit condolences to the families of those who mislaid their lives and a swift betterment to the galore radical who were injured”, said Mr. Haq.

“This is simply a reminder that wellness facilities and infrastructure are not a target, and that each civilians indispensable beryllium protected.”

Aid deliveries

UN humanitarian assistance deliveries are continuing, on with needs assessments to conscionable increasing request crossed the country.

The World Food Programme (WFP) reports that 170 trucks are delivering assistance crossed Afghanistan daily. This year, WFP has reached 11.5 cardinal radical with nutrient assistance, including 4.7 cardinal radical successful October alone, said the Deputy Spokeperson.

In the past week of October, the International Organization for Migration, IOM, reached 8,400 susceptible Afghans crossed the state with humanitarian assistance, and 2,330 undocumented Afghans who returned to Afghanistan, received exigency shelter.

UNHCR begins airlifts

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said that it had begun airlifting aid into Kabul for the archetypal time, with a level carrying wintertime alleviation from the Agency’s planetary stockpiles successful Dubai landed connected Tuesday.

The UNHCR-chartered level took disconnected from Sharjah, successful the United Arab Emirates, carrying 33 tons of winterization kits for displaced Afghans.

It’s the archetypal of 3 UNHCR flights, with the adjacent 2 scheduled to onshore successful the Afghan superior connected 4 and 7 November.

Spokesperson Shabia Mantoo, said needs were rising rapidly successful Afghanistan up of winter, erstwhile temperatures tin dip to -25⁰C.

Conflict and insecurity person displaced 3.5 cardinal wrong Afghanistan, including immoderate 700,000 forced from their homes this year.

“We are utilizing land, oversea and aerial routes, to bring humanitarian alleviation into Afghanistan and different countries successful the region, truthful we tin respond to the expanding needs”, said Ms. Mantoo.

“Further alleviation supplies person besides been prepositioned successful Termez, Uzbekistan, acceptable to beryllium trucked into Afghanistan arsenic needed. As we proceed to standard up our humanitarian response, much resources are urgently needed”, she added.

Afghanistan’s Flash Appeal, seeking $606 cardinal to assistance 11 cardinal radical done the extremity of 2021, is presently lone 50 per cent funded.