Six months behind the takeover by the Taliban, Afghanistan is hanging by a thread. For Afghans, regular life has become a frozen hell. They’re in the holds of another brutal winter of blistering wind, cold and snow.

Families crowd in makeshift tents under plastic sheets – even burning their possessions to keep warm. Clinics are crowded – and under-resourced. Ambulances and hospital power generators are running dehydrated because of soaring fuel prices.

Afghans are stalked by COVID-19 and deadly preventable diseases like measles, diarrhoea, and even polio. Education and social services are on the point of collapse.

Millions of children – especially girls – are out of school, and 70 percent of teachers are not paid. Over 50 percent of Afghans face severe levels of hunger. In twenty years, the country faces its worst drought, pushing 9 million people closer to famine.

Afghanistan: "All doors must be kept open for women and girls: in schools, in the workplace, in the halls of justice & across all aspects of public life."

— @antonioguterres on the need to ensure an inclusive future for all Afghans. https://t.co/bsWRFdvNRJ pic.twitter.com/oi5z3RaKQg

— United Nations (@UN) February 9, 2022

More than 80% of the population depends on polluted drinking water, and some families are selling their babies to purchase food.

The Afghan economy is bearing a sore winter of its own. There is a risk that the currency could go into freefall, and country could lose 30 percent of its GDP within the year.

Sanctions and mistrust by global banking system have frozen nearly $9 billion in central bank assets. Essential systems are starved of needed funds.

Women and girls are once again shut out of offices and classrooms. They lost their country overnight. Years-long steady progress is gone in the blink of an eye.

According to one of the women Activists, “I am deeply concerned by recent reports of arbitrary arrests and abductions, I deeply appeal for their release.

Meanwhile, terrorism stays a constant threat – not only to the security of Afghanistan but to the whole world.

When it arrives in complex humanitarian emergencies, Afghanistan is as bad as it gets.

Furthermore, she stated, We’re ramping-up lifesaving support around health, shelter, nutrition, protection and emergency education – as well as cash transfers to help families make ends meet.

The government are working at a scaled-up capacity to reach even more people this year and keep the country’s food, health and education systems from collapsing.

As per the local citizen of Afghan, “I will never ignore the charity of countries like Pakistan and Iran, which – for decades – have hosted millions of Afghans in need.”

The government needs to suspend the rules and conditions that constrict Afghanistan’s economy and our lifesaving operations. At this moment, the maximum need is these rules must be seriously reviewed.

Global funding must be allowed to pay the salaries of public-sector workers. From surgeons and nurses to teachers, sanitation workers, and electricians are required to keep systems up and to run.

UN stated that the government must give financial institutions and commercial partners a legal guarantee so that they can work with humanitarian operators without fear of breaching sanctions.

And standing with the people of Afghanistan also includes a strong role for the UN.

This includes the One-UN Transitional Engagement Framework for Afghanistan, which is being launched today – a plan to extend and accelerate humanitarian and development support to the Afghan people while sustaining and strengthening essential services and systems throughout this critical transition period.

This Council suggests these recommendations as this country enters a new chapter in its history.