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As per IFRC, 70 percent of families in Afghanistan have not been able to provide for basic food needs for themselves. The statement by IFRC quoted, Dr Mohammad Nabi Burhan, Secretary General of Afghan Red Crescent, as saying, “This is one of the worst humanitarian crises I have seen in Afghanistan, in more than 30 years as a humanitarian aid worker. It is horrifying to see the extent of hunger and resurgence of poverty that we have fought so hard to eradicate.”

IFRC has warned of “devastating effects” because of lack of foodstuff specially for “homes headed by widows, the elderly, people with disabilities, and children”.

According to IFRC statistics, it is estimated that 3 million children are at risk of malnutrition and diseases like acute watery diarrhea and measles “due to weakened immunity". The statement added that the hunger crisis, especially for Afghans in rural and remote areas, is “worrying”.

Qalibaf said that these two issues are the most important subjects which require neighbouring countries’ cooperation in Afghanistan, as per Iranian media reports.

He also pointed out that the formation of an inclusive government with the participation of all Afghans is the solution to the problems in Afghanistan. Earlier, Qalibaf had also said that an inclusive government is needed for a stable Afghanistan.

Since Taliban’s takeover, Iranian officials have asked the Taliban to form an inclusive government and cited it as a precondition for recognizing the Taliban government.

Joly said that her government will jointly work with Germany to solve problems regarding education in Afghanistan. She added that they will ask the Taliban to reopen secondary schools for girls.

Simin Barakzai, a former Afghan MP, said that the meeting took place in the presence of several Canadian and Afghan MPs and called on Joly to discuss girl’s right to education with Taliban authorities.

Recently, the UN rights chief had slammed the Taliban’s “institutionalized systematic oppression” of women and girls in Afghanistan, warning they face a “critical” situation. “Since the Taliban returned to power last August, Afghans have been “experiencing some of the darkest moments of a generation”, Michelle Bachelet told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Noorzai, founder of ‘Hezb Tahrik Mardomi’ party, had resigned from his position in 2018 due to allegations of corruption. He thanked the Taliban’s commission for providing ground for return of Afghan politicians.

According to the Taliban’s commission, at least 100 Afghan figures have returned to the country till now, including former member of senate and council of scholars, Mawlawi Abdul Khaibar Chechaka. However, what is interesting to note is that some of the returnees, Farooq Wardak, former minister of education, Sediq Chakari, former minister of Hajj and Amanullah Ghaleb, former head of Breshna company, like Noorzai, have been accused of administrative corruption and embezzlement of millions of dollars.

The Taliban Commission of Liaison and Repatriation of Afghan Personalities had been formed under the supervision of Sheikh Shahabuddin Delawar, the Taliban’s acting minister of mines and petroleum, to help Afghans return to their country.