UN condemns Afghan healthcare attacks amid pandemic

UN condemns Afghan healthcare attacks amid pandemic

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) –   The UN has condemned continued attacks against Afghan health workers and facilities amid the spread of Covid-19.

In a statement, the UN envoy to Afghanistan said both Afghan forces and the Taliban were responsible for “deliberate acts of violence that undermined healthcare operations”.

Her comments follow the release of a report into ongoing violence in Afghanistan during the pandemic.

The violence includes an attack on a maternity unit which left 24 dead.

Newborns, mothers and nurses were all killed after militants stormed the facility in the capital Kabul on May 12. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.