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DragoonDM t1_j9w3inh wrote

A lot of people in this thread seem to be under the impression that the headline is talking about donations to the Taliban. It's talking about donors to NGO humanitarian efforts directed at the Afghani people, the civilian population suffering under the Taliban's rule.

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DelightfulAbsurdity t1_j9z67uq wrote

If a warlord has one ton of food he refuses to share to his starving people, and outside individuals donate two tons of food to the starving people, the warlord now has three tons of food and his people are still starving.

This is the challenge with donating anything to a country controlled by a group like the Taliban.

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DragoonDM t1_j9zarw3 wrote

True if they're just dropping aid packages off with the local authorities to do as they please with, but less true if the NGOs are sending workers to directly distribute aid to the population -- which is what I'm under the impression most NGOs are doing. One of the major reasons for the drop in donors was the Taliban's ban on female NGO workers, which made it more difficult for NGOs to operate effectively in the country; not an issue you'd run in to if you're just dropping off pallets of resources.

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