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MSF strongly condemns violence against humanitarian workers and facilities following the attack on an office of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Jalalabad on 29 May.
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Following the attack on an office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan, the international medical humanitarian association Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns violence against humanitarian workers and facilities.
“MSF calls on all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan to respect humanitarian workers as well as medical facilities, which must remain safe and neutral,” says Brice de le VINGNE, MSF’s Director of Operations.
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MSF relief workers are only human, and at times our doctors and nurses find it extremely emotionally draining to serve in conflict settings. Dr. Eva remembers:
“It had been a really tough 3 weeks, full of difficult, critical patients… We had a mass casualty incident with a bomb blast in town, and I had lost a patient recently – a child of just 7-9 years old. We do lose a lot of children here because they are too sick to be saved, and whilst I was continuing in my job, I was not feeling great.”
3-18 | The 26th of January dawned bright and normal in Kunduz. As they left for work, the MSF team cheerfully discussed their plans to hold a small dinner for their Australian colleague in honour of Australia Day later that evening. Everybody was in a brighter mood than usual – when you live and work long hours in a tense environment, any small cause for laughter and relaxation is something to look forward to.
Unfortunately, the evening of gentle celebration was not to be.