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Charlotte Greenfield

UNHCR chief asks world not to forget Afghanistan during Ukraine crisis

FILE PHOTO: Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees gestures next to Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator during a briefing for the launch of the humanitarian appeals in support of the people of Ukraine at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

The dire humanitarian situation in Afghanistan should not be forgotten as the world's attention is focused on the conflict in Ukraine, the United Nation's High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday ahead of a key donor conference set to take place this month.

During a visit to the Afghan capital, U.N. high commissioner Filippo Grandi said that the war in Ukraine and the ensuing refugee crisis was "rightly" the focus of global attention, but added the international community could not afford to neglect Afghanistan.

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