UN refugee chief in Kabul to say Afghans are not forgotten
ABC News
The head of the U.N. refugee agency is in Kabul to tell Afghans they have not been forgotten — even as the international community scrambles to deal with the devastation of the war in Ukraine and a humanitarian crisis unseen in Europe since World War II
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The head of the U.N. refugee agency came to Kabul on Tuesday to tell Afghans they have not been forgotten — despite the devastation of Russia's war on Ukraine and the unfolding humanitarian crisis unseen in Europe since World War II.
For Afghans, the message from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was very much needed as they seek stability even as Afghanistan plunges deeper into poverty, seven months since the Taliban takeover in mid-August.
It was only last year that the world watched as young Afghan men clung to departing American aircraft, some falling to their death as a stream of refugees left the country. Now, a stunned international community watches as the refugee exodus from Ukraine topped 3 million on Tuesday.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Grandi said some have wondered at the timing of his trip. But even as the world's attention has shifted, the crisis in Afghanistan is deep, he said in Kabul.
