United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) announced that the organisation is committed to staying and delivering aid to the millions of Afghans in need. UNDP said that it supports thousands of women-owned businesses, public service initiatives, and enterprises in Afghanistan.
Earlier, Achim Steiner, the UNDP administrator, had stated that if the Taliban doesn’t agree with the work of the United Nation’s Afghan female staffers, the organisation is ready to leave Afghanistan.
UNDP also announced on Tuesday that the number of Afghans living in poverty has increased from 19 million in 2020 to 34 million in 2022.
Referring to the findings of its recent report that foreign aid prevented the collapse of Afghanistan's economy, the United Nations Development Programme called continued international support for the people of Afghanistan critical.
The organisation has called on the Taliban to immediately lift the ban on Afghan female staffers of the UN and other restrictive decisions against women in Afghanistan.
The Taliban recently banned female staffers of the UN from working with UN offices in Afghanistan.
Following this decision, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan asked all male and female staffers of the UN to avoid reporting for work in the UN offices.
