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Against a backdrop of decades of conflict and crisis, Afghanistan’s regime change in August 2021 once again propelled the need for humanitarian assistance to the forefront. Not only have needs spiked, but various sanctions mean that some vital assistance is no longer administered as needed. Further complicating the situation, the country’s complex ethnographic, cultural and religious landscape lays a fertile ground for discrimination in how assistance is distributed. In this post, Ioanna Voudouri, ICRC’s Operational Legal Coordinator, and Ezat Gul and Yari Yar Mohammad, National Legal Advisers, write from Kabul on how international and Islamic law address these risks, with the aim of eliminating obstacles for humanitarian assistance so it can reach the people who need it. Read the full blog here:https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/2022/04/28/how-do-ihl-and-islamic-law-protect-and-ensure-humanitarian-assistance-in-afghanistan/