Since the beginning of May, more than 50 of Afghanistan’s 370 districts have fallen to the Taliban, most of which surround provincial capitals, according to Deborah Lyons, the UN’s top diplomat in Afghanistan.
All main trends in Afghanistan, including politics, the economy, security, the humanitarian emergency, and COVID-19, are negative or stagnant, according to the Head of the UN Mission in Afghanistan, who spoke at a high-level virtual meeting of the Security Council today (22 June).She claimed that the Afghan people’s perseverance is being put to the test, and that the country’s vulnerability to disaster is apparent.
According to the UN Special Representative, the February 2020 agreement between the US and the Taliban sparked hope that it would pave the way for Afghans to find peace, but actions on the battlefield have outpaced efforts at the talking table.
The UN representative in Afghanistan stated that there is still time, however limited, to avoid the worst-case scenario from occurring. She stated that everyone must make a concerted effort now to prevent the country from devolving into a bloodbath. She went on to say that the only way for Afghanistan to move forward is to return to the negotiating table and away from the battlefield.
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