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Medecins Sans Frontieres compounds looted in Afghanistan
The international medical aid agency, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), said that two of its compounds in Afghanistan had been looted, cutting off Afghans in six provinces from vital assistance.
The international medical aid agency, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), said that two of its compounds in Afghanistan had been looted, cutting off Afghans in six provinces from vital assistance.
The compounds, in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif and the southern Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, were crucial bases for providing medical and nutritional aid to the Afghan population, MSF said in a statement. The statement did not specify who was responsible for the looting, but both areas are currently under Taliban control.
The two compounds, which have now been closed down, had continued to operate with Afghan volunteers following the withdrawal of all MSF International staff in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
With the closure of these two important regional base, assistance is now being denied to large regions in the north and south of the country, MSF said.
The agency added that its programmes continued in two provinces under the control of anti-Taliban opposition forces.
The UN World Food Programme (WFP), meanwhile, said it had regained control of one of two key food depots that were seized by the Taliban earlier this week. Bureau Report
The compounds, in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif and the southern Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, were crucial bases for providing medical and nutritional aid to the Afghan population, MSF said in a statement. The statement did not specify who was responsible for the looting, but both areas are currently under Taliban control.
The two compounds, which have now been closed down, had continued to operate with Afghan volunteers following the withdrawal of all MSF International staff in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
With the closure of these two important regional base, assistance is now being denied to large regions in the north and south of the country, MSF said.
The agency added that its programmes continued in two provinces under the control of anti-Taliban opposition forces.
The UN World Food Programme (WFP), meanwhile, said it had regained control of one of two key food depots that were seized by the Taliban earlier this week. Bureau Report