By Alasdair Pal (Reuters) - A U.N. envoy has met Afghanistan s new interior minister who was for years was one of the world s most wanted Islamist militants and is now part of a government trying to head off a humanitarian crisis. The meeting between Deborah Lyons, head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan, and Sirajuddin Haqqani focused on humanitarian assistance, Suhail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman, said in a statement on Twitter on Thursday. (Haqqani) stressed that U.N. personnel can conduct their work without any hurdle and deliver vital aid to the Afghan people, he said. Afghanistan was already facing chronic poverty and drought https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/un-refugee-chief-warns-greater-suffering-likely-afghanistan-2021-09-16 but the situation has deteriorated since the Taliban took over last month with the disruption of aid, the departure of tens of thousands of people including government and aid workers and the collapse of much economic activity. U.N. Secretary-Gen
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