KABUL: Taliban on Tuesday thanked the world to promise hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency assistance to Afghanistan, and urged the United States to show “hearts” to poor countries.
The donor conference in Geneva on Monday saw a promising state of $ 1.2 billion aid for Afghanistan, which was taken over by the hardline Islamic group last month in a surprising lightning attack.
Afghanistan, it is very dependent on assistance, facing the economic crisis, with new authorities cannot pay salaries and food prices soaring.
Amir Khan Muttaqi, the regime’s foreign minister, told a press conference that the Taliban would spend donors wisely and use it to relieve poverty.
“The Islamic Emirates will try our best to provide this assistance to people who need very transparently,” said Muttaqi.
He also asked Washington to show the Taliban appreciation that allowed the US to complete the withdrawal of troops and evacuated more than 120,000 people last month.
“America is a big country, they must have a big heart,” he said.
Muttaqi said Afghanistan, who also faced drought, had received assistance from countries such as Pakistan, Qatar and Uzbekistan, but did not provide further details.
He said he had held a discussion with the Chinese Ambassador in the Coronavirus vaccine and other humanitarian causes, with Beijing promised $ 15 million, which would be available “soon”.
Since the Taliban took over, world funds and international monetary funds have stopped Afghan access to funding, while the United States has also freezed cash stored in Kabul’s reserves.
UN Chief Antonio Guterres on Monday said he believed that tools could be used as leverage with the hardline of Islam to increase human rights improvement, amid fears of concerns to return to brutal rules which mark the first Taliban regime from 1996 to 2001.
“Not possible To provide humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan without being involved with the de facto authority, “the UN Secretary General told the ministers who attended Geneva talks.
“It’s very important to get involved with the Taliban at this time.” The Taliban has promised the form of a lighter government this time, but has moved quickly to destroy differences of opinion, including shooting in the air to disperse protests recently by women calling for rights to education and work.
The head of UN Rights Michelle Bachelet said he was “disappointed with the lack of inclusion of what was called a caretaker cabinet, which did not include women and some non-pashtun”.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned that the Taliban must get legitimacy and support, after talking to allies on how to present unity.
The caregiver cabinet, he said, will be judged by “with his actions”.
Meanwhile, Afghans are OK to sell their household items to raise money to pay for important needs, and crowded used-goods markets have mushroomed in most downtown.
Ajmal Ahmady, a former acting governor of the Afghan Central Bank, Tweet last week that the country no longer has access of around $ 9 billion in assistance, loans and assets.