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Despite War's End, Afghanistan Remains Deep In Crisis: UN Relief Chief

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher (C) arrives for a visit to the Just for Afghan Capacity and Knowledge (JACK) Mobile Healthcare Centre in Kunduz Province (Credit: AFP)

Climate change, women's rights, displacement, poverty: Afghanistan remains a priority as it faces overlapping crises, the UN's relief chief Tom Fletcher told AFP on Wednesday, deploring "brutal" aid budget cuts.

"We've identified 17 crises across the world where our engagement is most urgent, most vital. Afghanistan is high on that list," said the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs in an interview with AFP during a visit to northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province.

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