KABUL - UK ambassador to Afghanistan Nicholas Kay has also said that the international community will continue its humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
Carlos Carrazana, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Save The Children on Thursday said that the humanitarian body will continue its cooperation with Afghanistan.
This comes a day after Daesh launched a coordinated attack on the provincial headquarters of the aid agency in the eastern province of Nangarhar killing at least six people and wounding 25 others.
Following the attack, The Save The Children organization stated on Wednesday afternoon that it had temporarily suspended all projects in Afghanistan and had closed all its offices in the country.
This comes a day after Daesh launched a coordinated attack on the provincial headquarters of the aid agency in the eastern province of Nangarhar killing at least six people and wounding 25 others.
“Afghanistan is if you can imagine is one of the hardest places to work, we do care about the safety of our staff, there is a lot of security as part of our work, but it is a very unsafe place,” said Carlos.
“Yesterday they (insurgents) took the credit for a major crime, but the names are different, one time it is Haqqani, one day it’s Taliban and one day they are Daesh, but the nature of their deed is the same, those who resort to violence, no one can consider a difference between them,” said Afghanistan’s CEO Abdullah Abdullah.
Meanwhile, UK ambassador to Afghanistan Nicholas Kay has also said that the international community will continue its humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
The attack on Save The Children sparked strong condemnations internationally.
According to Save The Children officials, the children in Afghanistan are among the most deprived children in the world who have been pushed into isolation. He said that these children are in great need of international assistance.
Meanwhile, UK ambassador to Afghanistan Nicholas Kay has also said that the international community will continue its humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
UK envoy Kay said that currently over 3.3 million Afghans are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.
“It is very important that we do not allow the terrorists to distract and that is the people of Afghanistan, the government of Afghanistan and international partners. We must not be distracted from the hard work that we are doing all of us together in partnership to build a better Afghanistan,” said Kay.
In addition to this, Stephane Dujarric, the Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his sympathy to the bereaved families and said that the UN will continue its humanitarian assistance to the Afghan women and children.
“He expresses his deep sympathy with the families of the victims, human rights organizations provide life saving assistance to the most vulnerable women and children in Afghanistan. Aid workers and their premises and their assets should never be the target. The secretary general reiterates all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan obliged on international law to protect humanitarian workers and civilians,” he said.
According to statistics, in 2017, over 380 acts of violence were recorded in Afghanistan against aid workers and aid agencies which shows a 50 percent increase compared to 2016.
“All vulnerable sites will be identified, proper security measures will be put in place there,” said MoI deputy spokesman Nusrat Rahimi,
Save The Children launched its operation in Afghanistan almost forty years ago. Today the organization has offices in sixteen provinces of the country and helps over 700,000 children in terms of education and other humanitarian programs.
Save The Children launched its operation in Afghanistan almost forty years ago. Today the organization has offices in sixteen provinces of the country and helps over 700,000 children in terms of education and other humanitarian programs.  (Tolo news)