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Foreign aid cuts worry Afghans
Decline in international humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan has worried Afghan citizens who are already facing economic problems.
Recently, a number of international donor organizations, including the World Food Program (WFP), the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and some other donor organizations, said that they are facing shortage of funds in the process of providing aid to the people of Afghanistan, and their aid to Afghanistan may be cut off.
Afghanistan is a country that is facing a humanitarian crisis and serious economic problems, and according to the statistics of the United Nations, 28 million people in this country currently need humanitarian aid.
“Our problems are too many, we can’t even buy a liter of cooking oil,” said one of the poor Afghan citizens.
“Our request from the Islamic Emirate is that there should would work for improvement of people’s livelihood,” said another poor Afghan citizen.
Meanwhile, officials of the Ministry of Economy say that cutting off humanitarian aid would have negative consequences on people’s living conditions and they ask the international aid organizations to continue their aid to the Afghan people.
“Halting aid by aid organizations has a negative impact on the living conditions of the Afghan people, so we request the international community to support the aid organizations so that these organizations can provide their humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan,” said Abdul Latif Nazari, the deputy minister of economy.
Meanwhile, Afghan economists believe that cutting off humanitarian aid to Afghanistan would intensify the humanitarian crisis and that the United Nations needs to take timely action to curb the situation and sustain the aid to Afghanistan.
Earlier, WFP warned that it would run out of money for food assistance to Afghans by the end of October.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has announced that it will continue providing its essential health services to the people of Afghanistan.
In a post on X, the organization, referring to Afghanistan’s health needs, said that over the past year it has been active in various health sectors across the country, ranging from maternal and child care to emergency response, as well as the treatment of patients suffering from tuberculosis and severe injuries.
According to MSF, its teams over the past year have been present at a range of health facilities, including neonatal intensive care units, operating theatres, surgical centers, and specialized tuberculosis treatment wards, where they have delivered life-saving services to patients.
The organization stressed that it will continue ensuring the provision of health services, particularly for needy families and vulnerable communities in remote areas of Afghanistan.
The Embassy of Afghanistan in Japan, currently run by diplomats of the previous government, has announced that it will suspend its operations in Tokyo after the end of January 2026.
In a statement issued on Friday, the embassy said the decision was made after consultations with Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in close coordination with Japanese authorities, and in accordance with the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
The embassy added that after January 31, all of its political, economic, cultural, and consular activities will be halted until further notice.
Currently, Shaida Abdali is serving as Afghanistan’s ambassador to Japan.
Sadin Ayyıldız, Chargé d’Affaires of the Turkish Embassy in Kabul, held a courtesy meeting with Zakir Jalali, the Second Political Deputy of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the occasion of the start of his mission.
The Turkish Embassy in Kabul said in a post that the meeting included mutual exchanges of views on bilateral relations.
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