The most important thing right now in Afghanistan is to feed the nation, UN envoy Roza Otunbayeva said on Thursday.&We are trying to mobilize all of the donor community to provide seeds to farmers, not to the Taliban (the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan),& Otunbayeva said speaking to Princeton University students in New Jersey, US.
&There is a lack of everything.&Otunbayeva highlighted the challenges posed by the Islamic Emirate that limit the UN'sextension of humanitarian aid to the Afghanistan population. &To do our work is getting to be more and more difficult,& said Otunbayeva.
&It is not just because Trump came to power, but it is also because of the Taliban [which] exercises such a harsh policy towards women [and] to former politicians.&On question about issues faced by Afghan women, Otunbayeva discussed how &the situation is very, very bad.&&[The] birth rate is high, mortality of children and mortality of women … is very high,& said Otunbayeva.She said that Afghanistan is &full of jobless people& and &the poorest of the poor are coming back.&&They don&t have places to live, they don&t have jobs, they can&t earn money,& she added.The post UN envoy says most important thing in Afghanistan is to feed nation first appeared on Ariana News.