Saturday January 4, 2020
Kabul (BNA) The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a report said that 7.1 million Afghans those affected by recent conflict and natural disasters need $733 million in 2020 in Afghanistan.
BNA analyst commenting on the issue writes, OCHA in its recent report released last week said, 9.4 million people are now estimated to be in humanitarian need in 2020, up from 6.3 million in 2019. Of those in need, we plan on reaching 7.1 million with assistance in 2020 and require $733 million to do so.
The report stated that, Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places on earth to live, with people facing daily risks from Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks and a continued escalation of air strikes. Fear, violence, repeated displacement and escalating debt have gradually eroded the population’s coping capacity and crippled the economy, threatening development gains and leaving people in extreme poverty.
The UNOCHA report include, Afghanistan remains one of the most complex and dangerous countries on earth to be a humanitarian with 123 aid workers killed, injured or kidnapped in the first ten months of 2019. Despite these security risks, the humanitarian community has demonstrated its commitment to stay and deliver, reaching more than 90 per cent of districts with some level of assistance in 2019.
UNOCHA report discussed about challenges and needs of Afghanistan people and clearly stated that war is the main reason behind all challenges and problems in Afghanistan.
Political figures and people of Afghanistan carefully think and know that Afghanistan has changed into a proxy war of country, while Afghans are involving in the war, lost their national interests and destroying their country by passing every day.
War is the cause of Afghanistan’s misery, the hideous phenomenon has changed Afghanistan to a neediest country in the world and has taken most opportunities from our people and by passing each day needy people increasing in the country.
If we assess the situation and specify our position based on national interests, undoubtedly the cost used in war will be used in progressing and developing of the country, there will no more need that UN or country/countries call for help in Afghanistan.
Certainly, Afghans must find ways for solving their problems, they should not wait for foreign aids and not made tools themselves for achieving foreigner’s interests and destroying their countries.
On the other side, UN is the most prestigious organization in the world and has executive competencies, so why do not address on cause of war and reduction of violence in the country?
It is clear for UN that observes situation of Afghanistan in the last four decades obvious that who are the cause and responsible of war in Afghanistan and who changed Afghanistan into a battlefields.
Hoping that UN besides assist with Afghanistan blame and reprimand the countries and organizations that changed Afghanistan into proxy wars and battlefields.
People of Afghanistan alongside foreign aids emphasized on solving their problems via an international consensus, war in Afghanistan has more external factors and if to be addressed, there is no need for foreign assists.
A.B.Maseer
