mo4ch:>Taliban revokes months-long ban on Red Cross in Afghanistan | Mo4ch News

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will again be able to operate in the part of Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban, the militant group announced as it offered safety guarantees to the relief body.The ICRC and the World Health Organization (WHO) were expelled from Taliban-held areas in mid-April after being accused of failing to remain neutral in the Afghan armed conflict. On Sunday, a spokesman for the Taliban announced that the ban has been revoked for the ICRC after negotiations in Qatar.The militant group “restores the former security guarantees to ICRC in Afghanistan and instructs all mujahideen to pave the way for ICRC activities and be mindful of security to this committee’s workers and equipment,” Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement, which didn’t mention the WHO.The Taliban mentioned new promises of humanitarian aid on top of old agreements with the ICRC as an incentive for lifting the ban.Schaerer Juan-Pedro, who heads the ICRC’s branch in Afghani…