INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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
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