The people of Afghanistan have run out of patience as the humanitarian situation keeps degrading, UN Deputy Special Representative Ramiz Alakbarov said.
“The country is very poor. The population of this country has exhausted its resources of patience while the situation keeps deteriorating. For many years they have been witnessing wars and conflicts, “Alakbarov said, as quoted by Sputnik News Agency. “People don’t have any savings. The banking situation is quite critical. Over the past four years, there have been two consecutive years of drought,” he said.
The hardships prompted some people to sell their organs and even children, the UN official said.
About 19–20 million Afghans are in constant need of humanitarian aid. Around 25 million people are in poverty, up from 20 million in 2016, Alakbarov noted.
The Taliban regime’s 2021 election resulted in a deepening economic and humanitarian crisis. Natural disasters also add to the suffering of the Afghan people.
In June 2022, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, killing over 1,000 and injuring another 1,500 others injured.
Seasonal rains in July resulted in massive flooding. A number of humanitarian organisations are assisting Afghans with food, medicine, emergency shelter, and other basic items.
Due to heavy rain and flash flooding in Afghanistan, 95 people were killed.