Islamic countries seek response to Afghanistan emergency

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Muslim nations sought to respond to the growing economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as neighbouring Pakistan opened an extraordinary meeting on Sunday of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. The emergency in Afghanistan, with millions facing hunger as winter sets in, has caused mounting alarm, but the international community has struggled to come up with a coordinated response given Western reluctance to help the Taliban government, which seized power in August. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the meeting of foreign ministers and offi…