United Nations: Afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday that the number of Afghans fleeing their country was likely to rise as violence escalated and clashes erupted as US and allied troops withdrew and the Taliban advanced.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesman Babur Baloch told a news conference in Geneva that Afghanistan was on the brink of another humanitarian crisis that could be prevented and prevented.
He added that the inability to reach a peace agreement in Afghanistan and eradicate the current violence would lead to more displacement within the country as well as neighboring countries.
According to the statistics of this UN affiliate; With another 270,000 Afghans displaced in the country since January, the total number of displaced people exceeds 3.5 million.
The number of civilian casualties in the first quarter of 2021 has increased by 29 percent compared to last year (2020), according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
Baloch called on the international community to increase support for the government and people of Afghanistan and its neighbors at this critical time.
Austin Miller, the top commander of the US military in Afghanistan, resigned quietly in Kabul on Monday, marking the end of the longest-running US war.
Although US President Joe Biden has acknowledged the future instability of Afghanistan, he has said that its citizens must decide their future.
According to Brown University’s “War Expenses” project, the cost of the US invasion of Afghanistan over the past 20 years has been more than $ 2 trillion, and 2,442 American soldiers have lost their lives during this period.
After coming to power in January 2021, US President Joe Biden announced that he would withdraw his country’s troops from Afghanistan by August 31 (September 9).
