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. Proponents of aid argue that without the charitable funds, families and children in Afghanistan will face an “avalanche of hunger and destitution.” Opponents argue that the Taliban government is a ruthless dictatorship and should not be recognized by foreign governments.
It is difficult to say, as cutting funding would be a blow at the Taliban itself, but also hurt those under their governing, causing poverty and hunger to innocent people.
@9853CDF2mos
No, they’re terrorists
@9852K5T2mos
Provide humanitarian aid to citizens without involving the government.
@984SRQQ2mos
No, Strictly Food & Medical aid.
@984GJL42mos
Aid should be tied to liberalization of human rights moving toward tolerance and women's rights
@984FNFB2mos
Yes, but require the Taliban government to use 70% of it for its citizens
@984BM5T2mos
The world bank should be abolished.
@9845Y8T2mos
The United States should not participate or comment on any IMF or World Bank actions, and should not contribute to their cultural destruction
@983M63L2mos
I need more information in order to pick a side
@983KVD82mos
Yes. Only Humanitarian aid for the families living within the country.
@9838WGD2mos
I don’t like the idea of giving money to the Taliban government, but without our aid hundreds of families will starve. So, yes.
@mdemars882mos
Financial Aid should be predicated on the Afghanistan government under the Taliban if they comply with international law in regards to human rights.
dont have enough information to form a real opinion
Regardless, we should not freeze Afghani assets and banks that citizens there need to survive.
@982G4TZ2mos
No, but the U.S. should allow Afghan immigrants to legally gain access to enter the country.
No, but provide humanitarian aid instead.
@97ZVG9K2mos
No, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund should be abolished.
@97ZQZWY2mos
Yes, and we should release all their frozen assets.
@97ZM5772mos
No, unless Taliban agrees to protect human rights
@97ZC4CF2mos
No, but give their money "freezed" by U.S. back
Deleted2mos
No, we should not get involved in any countries besides ourself and to a lesser degree, Canada and Mexico --- our only true friends, if any exist.
If the government cooperates in fighting terrorists
@97YZXY82mos
They should give money to the poor, but not to the goverment
@97YRMQX2mos
Yes, but only for humanitarian aid to prevent famine
@97YPYXK2mos
No, instead there should be increased opportunities to help citizens escape Afghanistan.
@97YBR4P2mos
No, all aid should be cut off from the Taliban,
@97Y5J992mos
Yes, with heavy international oversight to oversee the use of funds to help Afghan civilians and not terrorist organizations.
@braceyourself2mos
No, because the IMF and World Bank are Western institutions that use predatory loans and policies to force countries to adhere to western imperial demands.
No, but if we can make attempts to send humanitarian aid to those who need it, then we should do that without sending money directly to the Taliban government.
@97XSJ572mos
No but we must protect innocent Afghans
Yes if there is strict international oversight.
@97XGVRW2mos
Yes, pending the institution of human rights, especially women's rights and religious freedom.
No, and the U.S. ought to help abolish the IMF
@97X88LF2mos
Yes, but on the condition that the aid goes directly to the Afghan people--particularly women and children--and not through a Taliban-affiliated third-party.
@97X37SP2mos
This would be one of the few instances of surveillance I would personally not morally object too because there is not another way to get information. Though I believe the League of Nations should vote to do it or not.
@97WS7MC2mos
No, but send humanitarian aid instead.
No, this would only legitimize them
@gklewis832mos
No organization should ever provide financial aid to any government, regardless of their political stance. Instead, organizations should provide financial aid (or any other aid) to the people who are suffering.
@97WFFSF2mos
No, only countries that pass a human rights committee certification should be given aid.
@97WBX872mos
Only to ensure that the funding is purely humanitarian and used to help the people
@97W369L2mos
The World Bank and International Monetary Fund should provide financial aid to the people of Afghanistan, not to support the government.
@97VJF3L2mos
This is irrelevant, it is not under the prerogative of the U.S. government.
@97TYK6S2mos
World Bank shouldn't exist.
@97TQXBK2mos
No, sanctions should be lifted and access granted to foreign-held assets of Afghanistan
@addman2mos
If they can meet the human rights requirements maybe
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