Geneva: Donors have promised more than $ 1.1 billion to help Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have spinned since Taliban Islam takes power, and foreign assistance has dried up, lifting specter of mass exodus.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, speaks halfway through the United Nations conference for $ 606 million to meet the most urgent Afghan needs, saying it is too early to say how much promised in response to the appeal.
After decades of war and suffering, Afghans face “maybe the most dangerous clock”, he said.
“Afghans face the collapse of the whole country – at once.” He said the food could run out at the end of this month, and the World Food Program said 14 million people were on the verge of starving.
With billions of dollars aid flows suddenly ending due to distrust of the Taliban, donors have a “moral obligation” to continue to help Afghanistan after 20-year engagement, said the speaker in Geneva.
Chinese neighbors and Pakistan have offered assistance.
Beijing last week promised $ 31 million in food and health supplies, and on Friday said it would send a batch of 3 million covid vaccines.
Pakistan sent food and medicine.
But Head of UN Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, also in Geneva, underlined Western doubts.
He accused the Taliban to solve promises recently with once again ordered women to stay at home rather than going to work, keeping teenage girls out of school, and committing murder of retaliation.
“My office has received allegations of killing credible retaliation from a number of former ANSF personnel (Afghanistan National Security), and reports of officials, who worked for previous administration and their family members were arrested arbitrarily,” he said.
“In some cases, officials were released, and in others, they were killed.” Also, he said, “women have progressively excluded.” Officials suggested in future aid can be influenced by how Taliban rules.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US envoy to the United Nations, said America would add $ 64 million in new assistance.
It brought the total US for Afghanistan to $ 330 million in this fiscal year, he said, but added, “We need a verbal and written commitment made by the Taliban about the operation rights of humanitarian and medicine and women, women and women.
To be established.” Minister Germany Germany Heiko Maas said the country would provide $ 590 million to Afghanistan and its neighbors, but said the level of respect for the Taliban against human rights would be “benchmarks for us and our partners in determining our involvement in the future.
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