KABUL, Nov 24 (NNN-ANA) – The caretaker government of Afghanistan, continued to provide all required facilities and convenience, to local and international aid agencies, a senior government official said yesterday.
Maulvi Abdul Kabir, acting deputy prime minister for political affairs, made the remarks, during a meeting with a visiting delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the government’s General Directorate of Administrative Affairs confirmed, in a statement.
He said, the caretaker government would provide all required facilities, for all Afghanistan-based charity organisations, including the ICRC, and non-governmental organisations.
Visiting ICRC’s Director of Operations, Dominik Stillhart, said, during the meeting that, the ICRC did not leave Afghanistan during the recent political changes and has continued its operation throughout the country.
The ICRC has good cooperation and relations with the Afghan Public Health Ministry, the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) and other government-run agencies and related institutions, and the ICRC will continue to further speed up service supplying process in Afghanistan, Stillhart was quoted as saying, in the statement.
“We will continue expanding our operation and providing humanitarian aid, based on our commitment to the people of Afghanistan,” he said.
Kabir thanked the ICRC’s continued cooperation with the Afghans, particularly at the time when the people badly need humanitarian aid, ahead of winter, according to the statement.– NNN-ANA
