In Afghanistan, where the Islamist Taliban has regained power and the humanitarian crisis is intensifying, the United Nations is rapidly airlifting relief supplies ahead of the arrival of full-scale winter.
In Afghanistan, the Taliban, which has regained power for the first time in 20 years, has launched a provisional government, but the United States and other countries have not approved it as a nation and have frozen overseas assets, so the economy has deteriorated and humanitarian crises such as food shortages have become more serious. I am.
Before the arrival of full-scale winter, UNHCR = United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is proceeding with air transportation of relief supplies at a rapid pace.
By the 7th, about 100 tons of materials to improve the insulation effect of tents for refugees had arrived at the airport in the capital Kabul by charter flight.
According to UNHCR, 700,000 people have been displaced from their homes and become internally displaced due to the Taliban's offensive, and many families are forced to live in tents.
Takeshi Moriyama of the UNHCR Kabul office says, "Many people are in need and some families sell their children. The severe cold of winter can be the worst humanitarian crisis ever."