After the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021 the Taliban seized control of the country. In response the International Monetary Fund and major international donors to the country blocked the Taliban’s access to billions of dollars in charitable bank accounts. More than half of Afghanistan’s annual $5 billion budget is from foreign aid. Despite its puritanical brand of Islam, the Taliban controls the world’s largest opium operation, earning about $460 million a year from taxes on the sale of heroin moving through their territories alone, the U.N. says.…
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No, the IMF and World Bank are financial terrorist organisations that would destabilise Afghanistan further
@95KK3SJ3yrs3Y
No, but they should give money to NGOs in support of Afghani families.
@953RQKB3yrs3Y
Only if it can be governed by foreign appointees that can direct it to most in need. Don't just hand the money over.
@93RMBW33yrs3Y
No, instead funding should be offered to relief/aid organisations to ensure money can be used to help the innocent citizens instead of funding a dictatorship
@93RJZSV3yrs3Y
No and UN forces should be back in Afghanistan to wipe out the Taliban once and for all. We abandoned the innocent people of Afghanistan and betrayed the memory of Allied personnel who gave their lives there!
@938XSSS3yrs3Y
No, but try and help those in danger in Afghanistan but do NOT support the Taliban
Dependent on certain parameters
@9298QDM3yrs3Y
Yes but only with the promise of free elections and allowing women a voice.
@8ZKJM8X3yrs3Y
Yes, on the provision that they engage in civic and social reforms.
@8YW9WV43yrs3Y
In cases where necessary yes
@97NVHLB2yrs2Y
Yes, but make sure it helps the people living there and does not go staight into the government's pocket
@96T65VQ2yrs2Y
Yes, for humanitarian purposes
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