Taliban Want to Help Distribute Aid That Includes U.S. Funds
- U.S. wants to bypass the militant group in channeling aid
- UN seeks record $5 billion to help ease Afghan crisis in 2022
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The Taliban want the international community to work with its government to distribute humanitarian aid flowing into Afghanistan amid plans by the U.S. to bypass the militant group and channel funds through United Nations agencies.
Acting Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salaam Hanafi proposed a committee to be set up to coordinate aid worth billions of dollars during a meeting on late Wednesday with UN representatives. The “existing capacities of the government should be used, and the process of aid distribution should be done transparently, without discrimination and in effective and impartial ways,” said the Taliban leader.