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2023-01-18 Afghanistan

Aid groups resume some operations in Afghanistan

[Dawn] Several aid organizations have restored some operations in Afghanistan after they received assurances from Taliban
Taliban

...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
-run authorities that women could work in areas such as health, in spite of restrictions last month barring female NGO workers.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC), Save the Children and CARE said this week they were again operating some programmes, mostly in health and nutrition.

The Taliban administration last month ordered local and foreign aid organizations to stop letting female staff work until further notice. It said the move, condemned globally, was justified because some women had not adhered to the Taliban’s interpretation of Islamic dress code.

Many NGOs suspended operations in response, saying they needed female workers to reach women in the conservative country.

"Last week, the Ministry of Public Health offered assurances that female health staff, and those working in office support roles, can resume working. Based on this clarity, IRC has restarted health and nutrition services through our static and mobile health teams in four provinces," Nancy Dent, a spokesperson for IRC, said.

A spokesperson the Afghan Ministry of Public Health said they had not stopped any health-related activities. "Due to a misunderstanding they stopped their health services and now they have restarted their health services," he added.

Save the Children said it had restarted a small number of its operations in health, nutrition and some of its education programs where it had received clear guidance from authorities that female workers could safely operate, but cautioned they were limited.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-01-18 03:44|| || Front Page|| [30 views ] Top
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#1 Direct aid to the Afghan women, children and the poor is certainly worth continuing. It would be beneficial to block the State Department from its usual corrupt money practices in Afghanistan, at least.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-01-18 08:26|| 2023-01-18 08:26|| Front Page Top

#2 As soon as that direct aid is taken home, the Taliban can taken it away.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-01-18 21:57|| 2023-01-18 21:57|| Front Page Top

#3 They could. Generally, tyrants steal food aid before it is distributed so that they can resell it, provide it to their allies or be seen as magnanimous when they distribute it. When aid workers are directly interacting with the people receiving aid, the needy generally get to eat the food. It is stolen from the people more often when families are given bulk amounts as a fifty pound bag of rice can be more efficiently pilfered than a daily ration.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-01-18 23:07|| 2023-01-18 23:07|| Front Page Top

#4 A fair point, Super Hose.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-01-18 23:48|| 2023-01-18 23:48|| Front Page Top

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