UN’s Bennett urges immediate aid for Afghanistan’s flood victims

Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, speaks during a press conference in Kabul on May 26, 2022. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)

Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Afghanistan, has called for immediate aid for flood victims in the country.

On Saturday, May 11, Bennett wrote on his social media platform X that the recent floods in the country, including in Baghlan where many lives were lost, remind us of Afghanistan’s vulnerability to climate crises.