Afghanistan: "We are at the start of a major humanitarian crisis"
Audio 07:26
Smoke rises in the sky over Kandahar after clashes between the Afghan army and the Taliban on August 12, 2021. AP - Sidiqullah Khan
By: Charlotte Derouin
8 mins
The fighting rages and the Taliban claim to control Kandahar, the second city of the country, which would leave only the capital Kabul and some other territories under the control of the Afghan government.
The meteoric advance of the insurgents, after twenty years of foreign presence in the wake of the intervention of the United States followed by NATO, pushes thousands of families to flee the violence.
Publicity
This situation is described by Thomas Nobre, deputy director of the
Action Against Hunger
mission
in
Afghanistan, as
"the beginning of a major humanitarian crisis"
.
Newsletter
Receive all international news directly in your mailbox
I subscribe
Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application
google-play-badge_FR
Afghanistan
Taliban
Humanitarian
On the same subject
Afghanistan: the noose tightens around Kabul, NATO calls a crisis meeting
International report
In Afghanistan, thousands of families on the roads to flee the fighting