Afghanistan committee  I would like to take this one. The last time we lost a lot of colleagues in Afghanistan was when the Kunduz hospital was bombarded in an aerial bombardment by the U.S. Army. That was the last time that we really had a major loss. Of course, there was also an attack on the Dasht-e-Barchi maternity ward one and a half years ago.

Afghanistan committee  What we see is basically a steep increase in patients. Of course, as a consequence, a large part of the health system is not functioning and has collapsed. It is now somehow kept afloat, because that is what is currently happening with the humanitarian assistance and the humanitarian funding reaching the country.

Afghanistan committee  We still have around 75 international staff on the ground and, in total, we have 2,300 local colleagues, so we are continuing to function. Since August 15, this has partially changed. On the one hand, we are able to move around more for the first time in decades. That was impossible before August 15.

Afghanistan committee  What I do know is that we—I also have Canadian colleagues who were with us in Afghanistan—had warnings on the situation. We as an organization stand next to the population. Throughout the violence, which started in May, we have been able to continue to run our activities with our international and national teams.