Meghan & Harry: Let’s unite in face of Taliban, Haitian quake

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Tuesday called for global unity amid the COVID-19 pandemic, earthquake relief efforts in Haiti and the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan.

The British royals said in a statement that people around the world feel “heartbroken,” “speechless” and “scared” — but can find solace in shared action.

“When any person or community suffers, a piece of each of us does so with them, whether we realize it or not,” Harry and Meghan said in the post on their Archewell nonprofit’s website.

“And though we are not meant to live in a state of suffering, we, as a people, are being conditioned to accept it,” they continued. “It’s easy to find ourselves feeling powerless, but we can put our values into action — together.”

More than 1,400 people have died and at least 6,000 were injured in the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Haiti on Saturday, according to officials. Thousands of homes and buildings were destroyed in the country. The Taliban took swift control of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on Sunday, with President Ashraf Ghani leaving the country. Thousands have since attempted to flee, creating a chaotic scene at Kabul’s international airport.

Meanwhile, COVID-19 cases are surging due to the highly transmissible delta variant. More than 4 million people have died worldwide during the pandemic.In their post, Meghan and Harry asked people to support the organizations Women for Afghan Women, World Central Kitchen and Invictus.