Non-governmental humanitarian organisations say that Afghanistan is facing the world's largest humanitarian crisis and call on the international community not to forget the people on the ground.
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00:00 Two years after the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, the need for humanitarian
00:07 aid across the country has skyrocketed. However, inadequate funding is the biggest obstacle
00:12 to sustaining and expanding a humanitarian response, jeopardising a population in need
00:18 of support.
00:19 We speak about 28.8 million in need in Afghanistan and also 60% more than 2021. And now the highest
00:29 level of need in the world.
00:32 The main problem currently is the funding. So what we really need in addition to just
00:38 the humanitarian assistance, we need to have development assistance and long-term engagement
00:44 to be able to set the economy of Afghanistan on the right way.
00:51 The UN is extremely concerned about the plight of women in Afghanistan. Conditions for them
00:56 deteriorate day by day. Women are victims of sexual, psychological, economic and administrative
01:03 violence. They're limited in their freedom of movement, not allowed to study or work,
01:08 including for humanitarian organisations such as UN agencies in the country, undermining
01:13 relief efforts.
01:14 This has an extraordinary impact because women were largely the operational members of the
01:26 UN that came to help the population. So this means that this help is not delivered to the
01:32 population.
01:34 Humanitarian organisations and NGOs say the biggest humanitarian crisis on the planet
01:38 is unfolding in Afghanistan and they urge the world community not to forget about the
01:44 population of this country.
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