Afghan funding cut.

AS the world grapples with multiple crises, the miseries of the people of Afghanistan seem to have been relegated to the margins. According to the UN's World Food Programme, rations are being cut for millions of Afghans due to a funding shortfall. As it is, the impoverished, isolated nation is heavily dependent on outside aid to feed its population. The UN estimates that 90pc of Afghans cannot afford food, with around 28m in need of humanitarian assistance. There are multiple reasons for Afghanistan's dire predicament. The foremost is the fact that the country has been destabilised by decades of foreign-sponsored wars, as well as the associated internal strife. Moreover, although Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, the international community has yet to recognise the ruling regime, mainly because of the latter's stringent curbs on fundamental rights, particularly women's freedoms. This has left Afghanistan largely isolated and cut off from international financial systems, with only limited engagement with the outside world. If donor fatigue and the global...

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