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Kabul (Afghanistan), Oct 12 (EFE / EPA) .- Afghanistan is on the verge of sanitary and financial collapse after the cut in the flow of international aid with the arrival of the Taliban to power, while the approach of extreme winter does not do more they set off the alarms.FOOTAGE OF DISPLACED FAMILIES AT SHAHR-E-NEW OARK IN AFGHANISTAN.
Beirut (Lebanon), Aug 25 (EFE).- (Camera: Noemí Jabois) The UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon, Najat Rochdi, warns that the country is already at the beginning of a "serious collapse" and His body focuses on "avoiding the total collapse of basic services", although the only sustainable solution is through the implementation of reforms.INTERVIEW WITH THE UN RESIDENT AND HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR LEBANON, NAJAT ROCHDI.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells reporters that the US has opened its special immigrant visa program to 8,000 more Afghans, expanding the eligibility of refugee admissions beyond the roughly 20,000 Afghans who have applied under a program for interpreters who assisted US forces and diplomats. SOUNDBITE
US State Department spokesman Ned Price announces during his press briefing that the United States will use a military base in Virginia to temporarily house Afghan interpreters fleeing their home country, due to the withdrawal of US forces after 20 years of war. SOUNDBITE
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair warns of terrorist attacks larger than the recent Paris attacks if the threat of Islamic State is not seriously addressed. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
President Joe Biden takes a swipe at rival Donald Trump's desire for "revenge and retribution" during his State of the Union address. SOUNDBITE