Share:ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is preparing to host a mega session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss the persisting Afghanistan crisis. China, United States, Russia, France and Britain along with the European Union, the World Bank and representatives of relevant United Nations relief agencies have been invited for the December 19 session. The foreign ministers of the countries along with other participants will try to find ways to resolve the looming humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan. Pakistani envoys in the countries, that have been invited, are holding meetings with the diplomatic counterparts to prepare the ground for the December 19 meeting. The United Nations estimates 22.8 million people, more than half of Afghanistan’s population, are experiencing high levels of acute food shortages stemming from years of war, a severe drought and high levels of poverty.

Source: The Nation December 08, 2021 03:15 UTC