UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
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The international community must send a signal to the Taliban about the inadmissibility of a forceful seizure of power, said Antonio Guterres.
The situation in Afghanistan is getting worse and the Taliban must immediately stop their offensive and move on to negotiations. This statement was made by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at briefing Friday, 13 August.
“The situation in Afghanistan is spiraling out of control. In the last month alone, more than a thousand people have been killed or injured as a result of attacks on civilians,” he said, adding that hospitals are overcrowded in the country, food and medicine are beginning to be scarce, bridges are being destroyed , roads, schools and hospitals.
In this regard, the Secretary General called on the Taliban to stop fighting in Afghanistan and start negotiations. According to Guterres, only agreements reached by the Afghans themselves will lead to sustainable peace in the country, but the UN is ready to assist them in this.
At the same time, the head of the organization said that the international community should send a signal to the Taliban movement about the inadmissibility of a forceful seizure of power, which can lead “only to a protracted civil war or complete isolation of Afghanistan.”
As reported the day before, the Taliban captured already 18 of 34 provincial capitals throughout Afghanistan and approaching the capital – Kabul.
Against this background, the Pentagon began a transfer to the Afghan capital. additional military personnel for the evacuation of American diplomats.
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