The International Committee of Red Cross has halted all staff movement across Afghanistan and closed its office in Jalalabad that was hit by a suicide and gun attack. ‘All movements have been frozen throughout Afghanistan, there is not a single ICRC delegate or employee that is moving, taking the roads, Friday.
‘Our sub-delegation in Jalalabad has been closed, so we are reconnecting with the government and re-connecting with armed groups to determined what happened and why,’ said Jacques De Maio, ICRC’s South Asia chief in a statement.