“In this challenging situation, we not only had to deal with our own insecurities but also with the feelings and reactions of our employees, our partners and acquaintances.”
Roos is now working in Switzerland to help secure the evacuation of around 230 local staff members and their families.
“I am concerned for our Afghan colleagues and their families and for all other Afghans who currently feel threatened in their own country.”
Roos thanked foreign office officials in Switzerland, the Swiss embassies in Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Qatar, plus the German “evacuation partners” for getting the SDC team to safety.
So far, the Swiss government has refused to open the country’s doors to large numbers of Afghan refugees despite growing pressure to ease asylum conditions in light of the Taliban takeover of the war-torn country.
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