UN envoy: Afghanistan on brink of `humanitarian catastrophe'
Headline from WHEC Rochester
But she told the U.N. Security Council that a humanitarian catastrophe “is preventable,” saying the main cause is financial sanctions on the Taliban, who took over the country Aug. 15.
PBS NewsHour's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Afghanistan is "on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe" and its collapsing economy is heightening the risk of extremism, the
But she told the U.N. Security Council that a humanitarian catastrophe “is preventable,” saying the main cause is financial sanctions on the Taliban, who took over the country Aug. 15.
The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan on Wednesday said the country is on the brink of “humanitarian catastrophe,” pointing to food scarcity and the country’s crumbling economy, and warned that extremism could ar
Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.
UN envoy: Afghanistan on brink of `humanitarian catastrophe' | Since Then
