UN Moves 100 International Staff Out of Afghanistan

The United Nations relocated about 100 international staff from Afghanistan to Kazakhstan on Wednesday, as the international community waits to see if the situation will stabilize after the Taliban seized control on Sunday.  

"This is a temporary measure intended to enable the U.N. to keep delivering assistance to the people of Afghanistan with the minimum of disruption, while at the same time, reducing risk to U.N. personnel," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters.  The staff will be relocated to a temporary office in the Kazakh city of Almaty where they will work remotely.  The organization had about 300 international staff on the ground in Afghanistan until now, and about 3,000 national staff.