WHO, Unicef call for airbridge to ensure delivery of aid to Afghanistan

In a joint statement, the WHO and Unicef have called for the immediate establishment of a 'humanitarian airbridge' for the delivery of necessary aid to Afghanistan.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) have called for the immediate establishment of a 'humanitarian airbridge' for the sustained and unimpeded delivery of medicines and other aid supplies to Afghanistan. In a joint statement on Sunday, the WHO and Unicef said they were committed to stay and deliver for the people of Afghanistan. “However, with no commercial aircraft currently permitted to land in Kabul, we have no way to get supplies into the country and to those in need. Other humanitarian agencies are similarly constrained," the statement read.