With the rapidly changing situation on the ground in Afghanistan, United Nations relief officials were beginning the slow process of re-establishing humanitarian aid facilities, including in the western city of Herat.
The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan remains critical despite the political agreement reached in Bonn, while lack of security continues to pose the most daunting challenge for the aid agencies, a top United Nations relief official said today.
Hamstrung by overall insecurity and the resulting problems of access, United Nations relief agencies continued to scramble to deliver humanitarian aid throughout Afghanistan, UN officials said today.
The United Nations today reported four recent demining casualties resulting from ongoing efforts to rid Kabul of the deadly threat posed by unexploded ordnance.
In a sign of the drastically altered social landscape in Afghanistan, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced that it would employ a record number of women to survey food needs in Kabul as part of a major distribution effort for the city.
Insecurity prevailing in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif is hampering the ability of the United Nations to transport food to key regions, a UN spokesman said today.
