{"id":1411785,"date":"2022-03-31T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T05:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411785"},"modified":"2022-03-31T01:15:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T05:15:13","slug":"u-n-seeks-stronger-afghanistan-aid-funding-despite-concerns-on-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-n-seeks-stronger-afghanistan-aid-funding-despite-concerns-on-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"U.N. seeks stronger Afghanistan aid funding despite concerns on Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-n-seeks-stronger-afghanistan-aid-funding-despite-concerns-on-taliban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1411785&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-31T040353Z_1_LYNXNPEI2U05K_RTROPTP_0_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT_1.jpg\" alt=\"Internally displaced man, who is working as street food vendor wheels his cart in Sarai Shamali IDP&#039;S camp in Kabul,\" \/><br \/>FILE PHOTO: An internally displaced man, who is working as a street food vendor wheels his cart in Sarai Shamali IDP&#8217;S camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 31, 2021. REUTERS\/Zohra Bensemra\/File Photo<\/div>\n<p>March 31, 2022<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013     The United Nations is seeking $4.4 billion for Afghanistan at an international virtual event on Thursday in the largest humanitarian appeal launched for a single country even as concerns mount over Taliban rule.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the drive, Britain pledged 286 million pounds ($374 million) for Afghanistan, where six out of every 10 Afghans need aid, much of it food, amid an economic crisis worsened by a financial aid cutoff following the Taliban takeover in August. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfghans need our help in enabling their economy, sustaining their agriculture and enabling the basic functioning of social services,\u201d U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths told a news briefing ahead of the event co-hosted with Britain, Germany and Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>The U.N. says funds under the appeal \u2014 three times the amount requested in 2021 and only 13% funded so far \u2014 go directly to aid agencies and none are channelled through the de facto authorities who swept to power as the last U.S. troops withdrew.<\/p>\n<p>In a sign that recent Taliban moves on human rights and inclusivity may directly impact willingness to help the group, the United States cancelled meetings with them in Qatar after the movement reversed a decision on girls returning to high school study.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to see those prohibitions, those constraints removed. I hope it will not mean that the pledges that we have from this conference are limited by that because I can tell you that there are efforts ongoing,\u201d Griffiths said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged political engagement with the hardline Islamist administration, saying that based on his talks in Kabul they want \u201ca constructive path forward\u201d with the global community, and that isolating Afghanistan would only bring more suffering.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 23 million people face acute food insecurity as Afghanistan also experiences its worst drought in 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(I) call on the world to come in with us to pledge substantially and at the same time not forget that the Taliban \u2026 have to live up to their responsibilities,\u201d German foreign ministry official Ricklef Beutin told the briefing.<\/p>\n<p> (Writing by Ghaida Ghantous, Editing by William Maclean)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: An internally displaced man, who is working as a street food vendor wheels his cart in Sarai Shamali IDP&#8217;S camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 31, 2021. 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