Islamabad
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said Afghanistan is in the critical situation, if left unchecked the humanitarian crisis could escalate.
In a statement on the OIC Foreign Minister’s Conference on Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis, Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said the conference is important to draw the world’s attention to Afghanistan.
He said that peace in Afghanistan is in the interest of the world.
He urged the international community to consider bringing improvement to the situation in Afghanistan.
He noted that the world “seemed to be reaching consensus” on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan where people were facing malnutrition and economic difficulties, adding that the war-torn country’s economy was reeling from the effects of a non-functioning banking system.
He said the Afghan people were facing a new test and the world should not exhibit ignorance. A lot of voices were joining Pakistan, including from the European Union, to call for improving the situation in Afghanistan, he added.
The foreign minister said that Pakistan also wished for Afghan refugees in the country to be repatriated honourably but that could only happen when there was stability and opportunities for livelihood.
