Pierre Krähenbühl, director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), stressed the need to focus on national programs to improve the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, citing the stability that has emerged in the country.

In an exclusive interview with TOLOnews, he stated that global humanitarian aid to Afghanistan is beneficial in the short term.

“The future cannot be humanitarian. I don’t wish even for any population to depend on humanitarian responses for the long-term. This shouldn’t be moving at one point into development responses into national plans to improve the situation ... if you ask any country on the planet, It was never humanitarian aid that gave a path for the future. Humanitarian aid should be short-period,” said the ICRC director-general.

Krähenbühl further stressed that the ICRC's focus is on addressing the challenges faced by the Afghan people and improving their living conditions. He also called for greater global coordination to change the situation in Afghanistan.