{"id":17567,"date":"2026-07-14T17:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/14\/red-cross-head-meets-war-affected-kunar-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:15:22","slug":"red-cross-head-meets-war-affected-kunar-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/14\/red-cross-head-meets-war-affected-kunar-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"New Head of Red Cross Meets War-Affected Residents in Kunar Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced that the new head of its delegation in Afghanistan has met with several residents of Kunar province who have been affected by the ongoing conflict. The meeting aimed to hear firsthand accounts from the people about casualties, injuries, and displacement.<\/p>\n<p>According to the released information, residents from the conflict-affected areas shared their experiences of losing family members, physical injuries, and the consequences of displacement with the Red Cross delegation during the session.<\/p>\n<p>The new head of the Red Cross delegation emphasized that such face-to-face dialogues help ensure that the genuine needs of vulnerable individuals are prioritized in humanitarian programs and that the organization&#8217;s responses are tailored based on on-the-ground priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Kunar province, located in eastern Afghanistan, has witnessed armed conflicts for many years, with many of its residents facing persistent security and humanitarian challenges. The Red Cross stated that continuing these meetings is essential to accurately assess needs and improve humanitarian services in the affected areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new head of the Red Cross in Afghanistan meets Kunar residents to discuss war impacts, prioritizing humanitarian aid based on local needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}