DelightfulAbsurdity t1_j9z67uq wrote on February 25, 2023 at 5:20 PM

Reply to comment by DragoonDM in Report says donors ‘turning away’ from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan by burningphoenix77888

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.

DragoonDM t1_j9zarw3 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 5:49 PM

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.