One of Switzerland’s most iconic humanitarian aid
organisations suffered its worst attack in 20 years, bringing a
temporary halt to its aid operations in Afghanistan. The Geneva-based
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told swissinfo.ch on
Thursday that it is has suspended its Afghan operations after the
killing of six of its employees and the disappearance of two others. The
massacre recalls the growing threats and dangers facing humanitarians
in longer and fragmented wars. The six ICRC Afghan employees that were
killed were part of a convoy transporting relief supplies to areas
affected by heavy snow and avalanches in the north of the country. The
convoy of ICRC trucks had three drivers and five field officers. The
governor of Afghanistan’s Jowzjan province said suspected Islamic State
gunmen carried out Wednesday’s attack in Afghanistan, which is the
ICRC's fourth largest humanitarian programme in the world. Numerous
armed groups are ...
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