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NRC’s chief says Afghanistan needs urgent development aid
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The Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council says emergency aid alone will not solve Afghanistan’s problems and that development aid is urgently needed.
Jan Egeland said in a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter, that currently the people of Afghanistan need the help of the international community more than ever.
Egeland also said that Norwegian Refugee Council employees, including women, were able to deliver emergency aid directly to men and women in Afghanistan. He did not however provide further details.
Egeland also said that senior officials of aid organizations held a meeting on Wednesday about Afghanistan, as the humanitarian situation in this country has become extremely worrying.
