UN meets Afghan minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is on US most-wanted list

Taliban forces stand guard in front of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 2 2021. Picture: REUTERS

"[Haqqani] stressed that UN personnel can conduct their work without any hurdle and deliver vital aid to the Afghan people,” he said. The UN mission in Afghanistan said that in the Wednesday meeting Lyons had stressed the “absolute necessity for all UN and humanitarian personnel in Afghanistan to be able to work without intimidation or obstruction to deliver vital aid and conduct work for Afghan people”.

More recently, gunmen attacked a UN compound in the city of Herat in July with rocket-propelled grenades killing a guard, while protesters in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in 2011 killed seven UN staff.

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