Representatives of Afghan civil society should also have their say. The conference is overshadowed by the recent restrictions imposed on girls and women by the ruling Taliban.
According to the UN, 24.4 million people in Afghanistan depend on humanitarian aid to survive. This corresponds to almost 60 percent of the population. Half of the people in the country are said to be facing hunger. The aid funds are intended to fund food, health care, education and shelter, and other protective measures for vulnerable people.
According to the UN, the economy shrank by almost a third in the course of the international troop withdrawal, the collapse of the internationally supported government and the takeover of power by the Taliban in August 2021. Development aid has been cancelled. The Afghan central bank’s reserves are frozen. No country in the world has yet recognized the Taliban government.