According to her, at the present time in Afghanistan "a grave humanitarian catastrophe".

“The entire world community, especially those countries that have done this, must first of all now think about what kind of humanitarian aid, support to provide to people, how to save people, women, children, and so on,” Matvienko quotes TASS.

She emphasized that “this is the first and main issue on the agenda - to minimize the consequences of a grave humanitarian catastrophe”.

Earlier it was reported that the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev on September 8 will discuss the situation in Afghanistan with the Indian leadership in New Delhi.