Afghanistan Risks Becoming a “Forgotten Crisis”

Aid organizations in Afghanistan warn that without continued international support and engagement, the country risks becoming a “forgotten crisis.” “Without urgent efforts to scale up diplomatic engagement and sustainable long-term funding, Afghans, especially women and girls, will suffer for years to come,” said a joint statement released Tuesday by 10 international aid organizations operating in the country. Neil Turner, the Norwegian Refugee Council's country director for Afghanistan, said in a video message to VOA that international involvement is critical to a long-term solution to Afghanistan's problems. “We need to have full international engagement with the authorities, and that will allow us to move towards finding long-term solutions to the problems that exist and not just provide aid, which may help people… in the next month or so,” Turner said. He added that although the aid organization had been involved in humanitarian assistance for the past three years, when the international community “effectively left Afghanistan,” current efforts were not addressing the problems of poverty, unemployment and displacement. Afghanistan has faced one of the world's biggest humanitarian crises since the Taliban seized power again three years ago. The international community does not recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. The …

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