Mr Saleh, in a letter to UN, raised an alarm over the situation in Panjshir ans said that a large-scale humanitarian crisis is occurring.
Former Afghanistan Vice President Amrullah Saleh, highlighting the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Panjshir valley, has called on United Nations to do its utmost to prevent the Taliban’s onslaught into the resistance stronghold.
Mr Saleh, in a letter to UN, raised an alarm over the situation in Panjshir ans said that a large-scale humanitarian crisis is occurring across Panjshir province and three Andrabs districts in Baghlan province due to the economic blockade, telecommunication blackout by the Taliban.
“We call on the United Nations and the international community to do its utmost to prevent the Taliban’s onslaught into Panjshir province and encourage, negotiate a political solution to ensure thousands of displaced and hosting civilians are saved,” Mr Saleh said.
The last Afghan holdout has been facing a massive Taliban onslaught from the last few days in the Panjshir valley, where Mr Saleh, along with Ahmad Massoud — the son of famous Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud — another leader of the resistance, are present.
The Taliban and other foreign groups have unleashed a vicious attack against Panjshir and other free areas of northern Afghanistan, the former Vice President has said.
“Around 250,000 people including local women, children, elderly and 10,000 ten thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who arrived in Panjshir after the fall Kabul and other large cities are also stuck inside these valleys and suffering from the consequences of this inhuman blockade.”
The spy-turned-politician stressed that “if no attention is paid to this situation, a full-scale human rights and humanitarian catastrophe including starvation and mass killing, even genocide of these people are in the making.”
“The internally displaced persons and locals displaced by the Taliban onslaught are currently staying in mosques, schools, health centers, and in open spaces under the naked sky,” he added.
Highlighting the urgent need for food, water, and sanitation to prevent the crisis, he said: “They urgently need food, shelter, water and sanitation, health care and non-food items. Office of the Acting President Amrullah Saleh appeals to the international community, the United Nations, the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movements, NGOs and other charity organizations to rapidly and generously respond to this overwhelming humanitarian crisis.”
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