Achim Steiner, head of the U.N.
Development Program (UNDP), on Tuesday said that the organization cannot abandon 40 million Afghans &simply on the principle of moral outrage&.We are essentially engaged in a form of cooperation without recognition and trying to make the best possible for an increasingly desperate Afghan population,& Achim Steiner said in a series of tweets.The UN is unequivocal about the fundamental  human rights that we expect a country like Afghanistan to uphold,& including the rights of girls to attend educational institutions. But, at the same time, international organizations are trying to help ordinary Afghans navigate &a highly informal survival economy,& he said. Meanwhile, Eloi Fillion, ICRC's head of delegation in Afghanistan said in a series of tweets the deepening economic crisis is driving millions of Afghans into poverty.In Kabul, I still see more people selling their household items in order to earn money and put food on the table,& Fillion tweeted.He said: &We can''t contain such a crisis without the full mobilization of the international community.The post ‘We cannot abandon 40 million Afghans&: UNDP head  first appeared on Ariana News.