The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a statement on Monday that they have closed their offices in northern Faryab and Kunduz provinces due to insecurity.

“Since December 2016, the ICRC has been directly targeted in northern Afghanistan three times, including in what we considered one of our safest facilities, the rehabilitation centre in Mazar-e-Sharif (capital of northern Balkh province,” said Monica Zanarelli, head of delegation for the ICRC in Afghanistan.

“These incidents have affected not only the ICRC in Afghanistan, but the organisation as a whole.”

The statement also said that the decision was made after discussions with the organization’s headquarters in Geneva.

In this episode of Mehwar host Masoud Malik discusses the topic with Lal Gul Lal, head of the Afghan Commission for Human Rights.