The situation in Afghanistan since the return to power of the Taliban continues to concern the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The latter called on the international community to mobilize on Tuesday, recalling that if more than 300 members of the Afghan Olympic community have been sheltered, "more than 700 people are still in danger in the country, mainly women and girls practicing sport, as well as female sport advocates ”.

Immediately after the return to power of the Taliban, the IOC had worked with national committees and international federations to exfiltrate in particular "women and girls".

On September 8, the Olympic body announced that the Afghan participants in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo were "out of the country", as well as two athletes aiming for a qualification for the Beijing Winter Olympics, and "a significant number of members. of the Olympic community ”by integrating families and officials.

Creation of a humanitarian fund

"Assistance operations are continuing, with a good number of National Olympic Committees, assisted by their government, providing valuable support in this area," the IOC said on Tuesday, citing in particular Qatar, Pakistan, Iran, Canada. , Australia, Poland, United Kingdom, United States, Argentina, Switzerland and Germany.

The IOC added that it was doing everything possible to evacuate members of the Afghan Olympic community still in Afghanistan to safe countries.

At the same time, he decided to create a humanitarian fund to support many of the people who had to stay in Afghanistan and who are suffering the full brunt of the humanitarian crisis affecting the country.

The mobilization continues

During the general assembly of the association of national Olympic committees organized this week in Crete, the IOC called on them to get in touch with their government in order to obtain more humanitarian visas, in order to allow the evacuations of the Afghans.

In response to this call, the IOC immediately received "several commitments which will make it possible to intensify the efforts made to come to the aid of some 700 people who are still in Afghanistan".

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