PM Imran asks people to join international initiatives for addressing Afghan crisis

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday expressed the resolve to raise his voice for resolving humanitarian crisis unfolding in Afghanistan.

In a tweet, he urged people to join international initiatives for addressing the Afghan crisis, which has put millions of Afghans, especially children, at risk of starvation.

I will add my voice also and want people to join an international initiative to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Afghanistan, putting at risk of starvation millions of Afghans, especially children. #SaveAfghanLives pic.twitter.com/HFrsAOfZSm

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) January 23, 2022

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In a tweet, the prime minister had reminded that providing immediate relief to impoverished Afghanistan was also obligatory under the unanimously adopted UN Principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P).

“One pillar of R2P is to help protect people from mass scale humanitarian crisis left in the wake of a prolonged conflict. Right now millions of Afghan people are in danger of starvation. It is duty of international community to provide humanitarian assistance,” he had said.

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