UN says Taliban-led Afghanistan needs funds to avoid collapse

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Deborah Lyons, the secretary-general’s special representative on Afghanistan, called on the world at least to give a chance to the victorious Taliban as the Islamist insurgents turn to governance and confront a severe economic decline.

She warned that the new Afghan authorities cannot pay salaries and voiced alarm over a storm of crises including a plunging currency, sharply rising food and fuel prices, and a lack of cash at private banks.

China, which has quickly moved to work with the Taliban, alleged that US actions have worsened Afghans’ plight. But she added: “The economy must be allowed to breathe for a few more months, giving the Taliban a chance to demonstrate flexibility and a genuine will to do things differently this time, notably from human rights, gender, and counterterrorism perspective.”The UN Development Programme said that Afghanistan is already one of the poorest nations, with 72 percent living on no more than one dollar a day.

Lyons said there were “credible allegations” that the Taliban has carried out reprisal killings of security forces despite promises of amnesty.

 

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