The UN appeal to help the Afghan people

The illusion of a return to normal in the streets of Kabul almost four weeks after the Taliban took power.

Except that Afghanistan is on a drip and largely dependent on aid from the international community.

Without this aid, currently frozen, millions of Afghans would be plunged into extreme poverty.

Deborah Lyons, UN envoy to Afghanistan : “The understandable idea is to de facto deny these funds to the Taliban administration. The inevitable effect, however, would be a severe economic recession that could throw several million more people into poverty and hunger, could generate a massive wave of refugees, and roll back Afghanistan by generations. “

72% of the Afghan population already lives below the poverty line, with less than a dollar a day. And the United Nations warns that if nothing changes, this rate could soon reach 97%.

Avoid at all costs “an economic collapse”, so this is the goal hammered out by Antoinio Guterres, the UN Secretary General.

In the absence of Western aid, Afghanistan begins to receive that of its neighbors, such as Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Bahrain.

They sent planes to Kabul carrying food, medicine and medical supplies.

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