{"id":7981,"date":"2022-01-20T00:32:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T00:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=7981"},"modified":"2022-01-20T00:32:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T00:32:39","slug":"top-un-official-in-afghanistan-warns-of-threats-to-the-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2022\/01\/top-un-official-in-afghanistan-warns-of-threats-to-the-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"Top UN official in Afghanistan warns of threats to the gains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KABUL (SW) &#8211; The gains of the past two decades in Afghanistan are faced with threats, warned a top UN official in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deborah Lyons, the UN special envoy for Afghanistan, told a conference in Kabul on Wednesday that she was concerned about the situation in Afghanistan. She said the crisis in Afghanistan has affected not only the country but also its neighbors.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Stable societies and economic progress require inclusion, respect for human rights and equality among all citizens, she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The UN Special Representative for Afghanistan added that the achievements of the last 20 years in Afghanistan are under threat and the number of malnourished children has increased.<\/p>\n<p>Lyons also noted that efforts are underway with a number of international organizations to lift sanctions and raise humanitarian aid, which is expected to yield results.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Abdul Salam Hanafi, Second Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate, called the aid provided over the past 20 years non-transparent and said that the humanitarian aid has not reached the Afghans.<\/p>\n<p>Hanafi stressed that the Islamic Emirate does not need or accept aid that has political conditions.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports from a number of international organizations, Afghans are in dire need of emergency assistance more than ever before and without assistance, a major humanitarian catastrophe could ensue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-xoduu5\">ENDS<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL (SW) &#8211; The gains of the past two decades in Afghanistan are faced with threats, warned a top UN official in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,179,17,18,200,24,5,8,4,6,7],"tags":[322,683,12],"class_list":["post-7981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soceity","category-economy-business","category-security_","category-peace","category-democracy-human-rights","category-women","category-politics_","category-governance","category-news_","category-afghanistan","category-headline","tag-un","tag-islamic-emirate","tag-afghanistan"],"views":512,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}