The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Deputy High Commissioner, Yumiko Takashima, said that humanitarian aid to Afghanistan needs to be continued, Tolo News reported on February 13. She further said, “One of the things that I have been requesting of donors is that please, we see suffering every day. We are here in Afghanistan because we want to help people, so, please let us help, and I really hope that there will be the situation where we can really help people with all the support from donors, but right now it is becoming more and more difficult.” Ninety-eight percent of the people in country are below the poverty line and more than half of the country's population needs urgent aid, she added.