Award-winning Red Cross aid worker Kerry Page has left Afghanistan behind for her next challenge but is urging Australians, aid organisations and governments not to forget the troubled country.

Ms Page recently finished her second stay in the country, heading health operations with the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Australian Red Cross Aid worker Kerry Page has marked the end of her time in Afghanistan, but is urging organisations not to give up on the country

She said Afghanistan was a beautiful country, often rent by violence and disaster.

“It is bittersweet. I was very sad to leave Afghanistan, however sometimes it’s good to have a new person come in with a fresh perspective,” Ms Page said