Different trends are vying for influence within Afghanistan’s de facto authorities, reported Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). She stressed that “the development of Afghanistan’s full potential is required for the country to address the multiple and simultaneous crises it is currently facing”. Notably, the recent earthquake in the province of Kunar has compounded the desperate humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan. He warned that Afghanistan’s reintegration with the international community cannot materialize if global requests to the Taliban — in the form of Council decisions — remain unheeded. Calling on “traditional donors” to scale up support, he added that “one particular country” must “assume its historical responsibilities to Afghanistan”.