Prevent humanitarian catastrophe in Panjshir: Amrullah Saleh writes to UN

Former vice president of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh has urged the UN and other international aid agencies to generously respond to the "humanitarian crisis" in Panjshir, failing which may result in a full scale "humanitarian catastrophe".

Former vice president of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh has written to the United Nations on the humanitarian crisis in Panjshir -- the last province out of the clutches of the Taliban -- claiming the province was looking at a full scale "humanitarian catastrophe" which might result in the "genocide" of Afghan people. Humanitarian Appeal by residents of Panjshir Valley through Amrullah Saleh to @UN, @RedCross and other International NGOs and Charity organisations amidst humanitarian crisis and invasion by Taliban. Prevent Taliban’s onslaught, genocide and catastrophe, appeal asks. pic.twitter.com/EU29jKg0jX In a letter, Amrullah Saleh, who declared himself as the acting president of Afghanistan after former president Ashraf Ghani fled the country, urged the UN and other international aid agencies to immediately mobilise their resources to rapidly and generously respond to "this overwhelming humanitarian crisis".