Kabul: The Red Cross said on July 23 Tuesday it will shut down three of its 17 offices in Afghanistan, two months after an unprecedented attack on the organisation. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it will close three of its most remote centres but will maintain a good level of operation in the war-torn country, ICRC spokesman Robin Waudo told AFP.
"A number of ICRC staff will be withdrawn as a precautionary measure due to events in May and three out of 17 offices will be closed," he said, referring to the attack on the group's offices in the eastern city of Jalalabad on May 29 which left one guard dead. |
