{"id":98972,"date":"2023-12-05T18:50:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T15:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=98972"},"modified":"2023-12-05T18:50:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T15:50:42","slug":"un-official-afghanistan-in-forever-emergency-amid-funding-shortfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/uncategorized\/98972-un-official-afghanistan-in-forever-emergency-amid-funding-shortfall\/","title":{"rendered":"UN official: Afghanistan in \u2018forever emergency\u2019 amid funding shortfall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Afghanistan is grappling with an enduring \u201cforever emergency\u201d exacerbated by an isolated nation intent on dismantling human rights, warned Leonard Zulu, the representative for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in the country, Amu News reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe emergency that we had in August 2021 did not disappear,\u201d he emphasized, referring to the shocking Taliban takeover that unfolded globally. \u201cAnd that\u2019s why I\u2019m saying it\u2019s a forever emergency that will remain as a recurrent emergency,\u201d he added, underscoring the UN agency\u2019s current funding challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zulu, based in Kabul, outlined the difficulties faced by Afghans and aid agencies during his visit to Brussels on Monday, the article added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the previous year, approximately six million people were on the brink of famine, he revealed, compounded by an additional 29 million requiring humanitarian assistance. Afghanistan has also witnessed a series of earthquakes and floods causing devastation to villages and displacing populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since November, aid agencies operating in the country have grappled with Pakistan\u2019s decision to deport nearly half a million Afghans back to Afghanistan. Hosting around 1.7 million Afghans, many of whom fled the Soviet occupation and the 2021 Taliban takeover, Pakistan\u2019s enforcement of deportations began on November 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/12\/6b27299c01f270ab4191269ace67b15f-1024x686.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/12\/6b27299c01f270ab4191269ace67b15f-1024x686.png 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/12\/6b27299c01f270ab4191269ace67b15f-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/12\/6b27299c01f270ab4191269ace67b15f-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/12\/6b27299c01f270ab4191269ace67b15f.png 1204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan is grappling with an enduring \u201cforever emergency\u201d exacerbated by an isolated nation intent on dismantling human rights, warned Leonard Zulu, the representative for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in the country, Amu News reported. \u201cThe emergency that we had in August 2021 did not disappear,\u201d he emphasized, referring to the shocking Taliban takeover that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":98973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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