The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday said that more than 500 tonnes of medical supplies including surgical equipment and severe malnutrition kits due to be delivered to Afghanistan this week are struck because of Kabul airport restrictions.
Nearly 18.5 million people rely on aid and the humanitarian needs are expected to grow due to drought.
WHO spokesperson Inas Hamam said, “While the eyes of the world now are on the people being evacuated and the planes leaving, we need to get supplies in to help those who are left behind.”
The executive director of the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF, Henrietta Fore said on Monday that around 10 million children across Afghanistan need humanitarian assistance and that conditions are expected to deteriorate further.
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