On Monday at 7:00 AM, find Episode 145 of The Afghanistan Project on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts.
My guest is Katharina Ritz, Head of the Afghanistan Delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross. Katharina just returned from Kabul, and talks about the various periods in which she has worked in Afghanistan, and about what activities the ICRC is engaged in in Afghanistan at the moment.
About Katharina Ritz:
Katharina Ritz (born in 1967), holds a degree in General and Surgical Nursing and joined the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1996 and carried out assignments in conflict areas worldwide, in particular Sudan, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Rwanda, in positions of Health and Assistance program Coordinator. From 2003 to 2005, she carried out assignments in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Central African Republic and Ivory Cost as Mission / Sub Delegation responsible.
As Deputy Head of Delegations, she carried out assignments in Iraq (2005 to 2006), Israeli/Occupied Palestinian Territories (2006 to 2009) and was assigned afterwards as Deputy Head of Operations for South Asia based in Geneva from 2009 to 2011. These assignments were followed by positions as Head of Delegation in the Central African Republic (2011 to 2012) and Head of Delegation in Libya (2012 to 2014). After the assignment in Libya, Katharina Ritz completed a Master of Advanced Studies in Civilian Peacebuilding. The studies were followed by a position as Head of Delegation in Iraq (2015 to 2020), a position as ICRC Head of Delegation in Yemen (September 2020 to February 2023) and started in October 2023 an assignment as ICRC Head of Delegation in Afghanistan.
About the host: Beth Bailey worked in support of Afghanistan operations as a civilian intelligence analyst for the Department of the Army between 2010 and 2013. She is a freelance contributor to Fox News Digital and the Washington Examiner.
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