KABUL, 22 July 2008 (IRIN): The increasing number of attacks on aid agencies working in Afghanistan is reducing their ability to deliver life-saving assistance to vulnerable communities; the consequences are “serious” and could lead to a “humanitarian crisis”, aid workers have warned.
The warning comes as millions have been affected by severe drought and high food prices, and are in need of urgent humanitarian aid. Aid agencies said a substantial response was urgently needed.
– If insecurity continues to hamper NGO (non-governmental organisation) access, and needs remain unmet, we worry that the humanitarian situation will deteriorate into a crisis, Anja de Beer, the director of ACBAR, a network of 100 local and international NGOs operating in Afghanistan, told IRIN on 21 July in Kabul.
Aid agencies have increasingly been targeted by criminal groups mostly for financial interests while the governments ability to apprehend the criminals has been weak, say aid groups.
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