On the first day of the "Government Accountability to the Nation" programme, Taliban's Ministry of Economy announced registration of 376 new non-governmental organisations (NGOs), including 355 domestic and 21 foreign NGOs in Afghanistan.
Earlier, the United Nations had reported that 94% of non-governmental organisations in Afghanistan had stopped their operations after the Taliban seized power in the country.
Taliban’s Ministry of Economy also claimed that currently 273 foreign non-governmental organisations and 2,121 domestic NGOs are registered with the ministry.
This ministry has also announced the dissolution of more than 216 non-governmental organisations.
Meanwhile on July 21, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in a report announced that the activities of nearly 94% of non-government organisations in Afghanistan have stopped or they continue activities with limited operations.
In a new UNDP report, it has also been stated that in the past year, it has helped more than ten million people in need in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, Sayed Masoud, a former professor of economics at Kabul University, told Afghanistan International that limited operations of NGOs in Afghanistan will increase poverty across the country.
Referring to 97 percent of the poor people in Afghanistan, he said that the UN humanitarian aid to the needy people is actually a kind of "compensation for the lack of economic policy” of the Taliban.
He considered the suspension and reduction of these humanitarian aid organisations as the reason behind the increase in severe poverty.
