Deputy PM Meets Deputy Executive Director of WFP

KABUL, Jun. 13 – The administrative deputy Prime minister met with the deputy executive director World Food Programme, Mr. Karl Skau and his delegation on Monday.

Honorable Mawlawi Abdul Salam Hanafi, while welcoming Mr. Karl Skaw and his delegation, thanked the World Food Programme for its assistance to the poor and needy people of Afghanistan and requested for an increase in assistance.

He said that after the rule of the Islamic Emirate, overall security has been established in the country and there is no war or insecurity in any part of Afghanistan.

The Islamic Emirate, with its bold decision, issued a general amnesty and banned the cultivation, use and trafficking of drugs. He treated drug addicts and collected beggars from different points. However, in spite of this, the assistance of the international community, especially the United Nations, is not enough and should be increased.

Mawlawi Hanafi said that administrative corruption and red tape have disappeared in Afghanistan’s institutions addeding that sanctions are not a solution and even have a negative impact on humanitarian activities, so the international community should take the path of interaction and dialogue with the Islamic Emirate.

Mr, Hanafi also added that Afghanistan has suffered due to the war, troubles and recent droughts of the last half century, the international community should not ignore this and also support the removal of obstacles and the implementation of development projects to create more jobs and to prevent young people from going abroad.

Mr. Carl Skou, the deputu executive director of the World Food Programme, said that this organization has been providing humanitarian aid and development activities in Afghanistan for 60 years in various fields such as food security and nutrition, and our goal is to attract more international aid to Afghans.

He said that corruption was a major problem in the past which fortunately has been eliminated. Drugs have been reduced and overall security has been ensured in Afghanistan. Wars and climate changes have really hurt Afghans, so we are trying to attract more humanitarian aid to needy Afghans.