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The UAE shows its enduring humanitarian legacy in the Afghan crisis
Providing accommodation to Afghan displaced women and children shows this great legacy.
Since the Taliban took over the country, thousands of Afghans have fled and taken refuge in many countries.
Therefore, under orders of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the UAE has received hundreds of families, especially women and children.
The decision continues the two decades of the UAE humanitarian work in Afghanistan reinforces its global message of goodness.
This move came as a part of the UAE's efforts in the Afghani crisis. The UAE provided its airplanes and airports to evacuate other countries' citizens and the employees of the international organizations.
The UAE helped to evacuate about 40,000 Afghans and foreign people.
The UAE is a top foreign aid donor by all global indices. Since its foundation in 1971, the UAE has donated more than Dh320 billion to humanitarian and development aids to underdeveloped countries.
Since 2003, shortly after the US invaded Afghanistan, the UAE Red Crescent and armed forces provided substantial humanitarian aids to Afghanistan.
The UAE began with the construction of a refugee camp that accommodated more than 10,000 refugees in Pakistan's Chaman and supplied it with all essential commodities and a modern hospital. This followed the Sheikh Zayed housing program which provided 200 families with the necessary facilities such as a mosque, two schools, and a medical center.
The UAE has built dozens of schools, at least 6 medical centers, a university that serves 6,500 students annually, at least 40 mosques, hundreds of wells, and many other vital projects in order to improve the lives of the Afghan people.
More recently, the construction of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan city, a massive residential housing project that consists of 3333 apartments in Kabul was completed.
The UAE armed forces guided by the principle of providing safety and stability to brotherly people have been lending their helping hand in Afghanistan for years.
Today, this enduring legacy continues. Since the beginning of the current crisis, the UAE has made it clear that it will provide all necessary help to the Afghan people in these hard times and this will continue until Kabul is peaceful and stable again.
The UAE’s founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed used to say that helping those in need is a duty. This principle has guided our foreign policy for decades.
For Afghanistan and others in need, the UAE is a friend indeed.
Source: gulfnews
