Griffiths called the aim of their visit to Afghanistan, to focus on the humanitarian mission to continue it in a better way.

Griffiths noted that the UN had demanded 4.6 billion dollars in aid to 28 million Afghans, which is the largest attracting aid in the world.

Griffiths said that the presence of female employees to deliver aid to women and children was necessary.

For his part, Hanafi hailed the UN efforts attracting aid for Afghans and said that Afghanistan has suffered long years of wars in the past 43 years, many women have become widows, and countless families have lost their loved ones, he added saying that the infrastructure in this country was destroyed and the basic facilities were not rebuilt.

He stressed that it is very important to help Afghans under any circumstances.

Deputy PM Hanafi said that many positive actions took place after the rule of the Islamic Emirate, including providing national security, general amnesty, banning the cultivation, processing, and trafficking of drugs, independent functions of the courts, helping the families of martyrs and the disabled, and treating drug addicts, and collecting beggars from the streets.

Hanafi talked about the status and value of women in the holy religion of Islam and said that women have special rights and status in Islam.

“We hope that the issues that exist in this respect be addressed with understanding,” he added. (ILKHA)