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Afghanistan: UN Aid Chief Pushes for Restart of Afghanistan Development Aid
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KABUL, 31 August 2022, (TON): UN aid chief said “countries should restart development aid for Afghanistan that was halted a year ago when the Islamic Emirate seized power, as the US told Russia and China to put your money where your mouth is.
Afghanistan has long relied heavily on development aid, which was cut as the international community demanded the Islamic Emirate respect human rights, particularly for girls and women whose access to work and school has been limited by the interim government.
UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said "Poverty is deepening, the population is still growing, and the de facto authorities have no budget to invest in their own future. It's clear to us that some development support needs to be restarted.”
Griffiths said “more than half of Afghanistan's 39 million people need humanitarian help and six million are at risk of famine.”
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