Pierre Krahenbuhl - Director of Operations, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Published: June 7, 2013, 4:30 a.m.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pulling some of its international staff out of Afghanistan, following a murderous attack on its Jalalabad compound. It's an unprecedented move in three decades of ICRC operations in Afghanistan. Stephen Sackur speaks to Pierre Kr\xe4henb\xfchl, the ICRC\u2019s operations director. Is his organisation being overwhelmed by the danger and complexity of modern conflict?

(Image: Pierre Kr\xe4henb\xfchl, Credit: AFP/Getty Images)