Red Cross shuts offices in Afghanistan after attacks

The International Committee of the Red Cross announced yesterday that it will soon close two offices in Afghanistan’s northern Faryab and Kunduz provinces and also reduce its activities in Balkh province following deadly attacks on its staff in the north.

Since Dec 2016, attacks have killed one foreign and six Afghan staff, while three workers have been abducted. Those abducted were later released.

Last month, Lorena Enebral Perez, a 38-year-old Spanish physiotherapist, was fatally shot inside a rehabilitation centre by a patient in Balkh.