Humanitarian Aid for Afghanistan to be Suspended: Germany
Following the ban on women working with NGOs, German aid organizations have joined the list of many other humanitarian organizations in suspending their operations in Afghanistan.
The German government is planning to suspend financial aid for Afghanistan after the Taliban banned women from working for NGOs in the country on December 24.
This is a big blow for Afghanistan’s de facto authorities as more and more aid organizations started suspending their work in response to the latest decree of the ruling regime barring women from working with private or international organizations.
“By banning the employment of female staff of non-governmental organizations, the Taliban in Afghanistan have struck an irresponsible blow against aid to the Afghan people,” Development Minister Svenja Schulze said in a statement. “Without female employees, organizations cannot continue their work in many areas for half the population.”
As a friendly partner of Afghanistan, Germany has long been helping the Afghan people across different areas be it education, life-saving support, humanitarian aid, relief work, training, and more under different regimes for decades. Millions of vulnerable people in different parts of the country benefit from the German-run aid programs.
According to the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany has long been the second largest donor, after the United States, contributing up to €430 million to Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, the economic and humanitarian in Afghanistan remain disastrous. According to the WHH, a German Aid Group, 28.3 million people in the country, over two-thirds of the population, are dependent on humanitarian aid. At least 20 million are threatened with starvation.
Considering the dire humanitarian situation, the people of Afghanistan are going through at the moment, losing the support of such major aid organizations is catastrophic.
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