The Epoch Times
NEW DELHI—Already stressed by continuous drought and conflict the number of Afghans needing humanitarian assistance increased from 18 million to 24 million after the Taliban took over the country on Aug, 15, according to Babar Baloch, the global spokesperson, for the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
The 24 million in need account for over half of Afghanistan’s total population of 40 million.
“So these are people who need support from humanitarian agencies, otherwise, it’s very hard for them to survive,” Baloch told The Epoch Times over the phone from Geneva. After Aug. 15 he spent three months inside Afghanistan and on the border inside the Pakistan side and he said the situation calls for an urgent humanitarian response.
