Afghanistan Conflict
Pakistan responsible for humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan: Al Arabiya
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan is solely responsible for the dire humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, according to an Arabic media outlet.
"The news coming out of Kabul this winter is unfortunately not good. The Taliban which controls the country has been unable to find the wherewithal to care for the people of Afghanistan," UAE-based international Arabic news outlet, Al Arabiya, reported in its opinion piece.
"According to the UN, almost half of the population of Afghanistan will face a hunger crisis between now and March next year," it added in the opinion piece. "This revelation comes alongside reports of isolated clashes and violence affecting civilians and resulting in casualties across Afghanistan in November."
The media outlet said Pakistan is the mentor of the Taliban group which forced themselves to power in Afghanistan in August this year after foreign forces had started leaving the country.
"Today, Pakistan is using the recognition card as a tool to leverage aid to the Afghan people. This unfortunate scenario needs to be recognised," read the opinion piece.
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has also accentuated anti-Taliban feelings, reports Al Arabiya.
The challenge therefore before the world community is to provide immediate
humanitarian aid to the Afghan people, the opinion piece said.
"It is precisely this attitude of using recognition as a leverage to gather humanitarian aid that is leading to the current impasse. The international community has to pressurise the Taliban government to allow large-scale and consistent aid to the Afghan people through international aid organizations and NGOs," it said.
"The way ahead will be torturous for the Afghan people, and it is of utmost importance that the world helps them through this winter. The humanitarian crisis looming in Afghanistan, is going to be the new pandemic that will impact regional security in the mid-term," according to the report.
"This is the main lesson from the inept takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, done at the behest of a selfish Pakistan, with no thought given to the consequences for the people of Afghanistan," it added.
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