The EU will provide 140 million euros ($150 million) to Afghanistan.
EU releases funds for Afghanistan: Since retaking control of the nation in 2021, the Taliban authorities have severely restricted women’s rights, effectively keeping them out of politics.
In December 2022, the Taliban issued an order to national and international organisations ordering them to stop employing women in their workforces. In response, the European Union chose to halt the funds.
However, the European Commission claimed that after six months of monitoring the situation, it had made the decision to release the funds after being certain that aid was getting to Afghan women and girls.
The World Bank, United Nations agencies, and international non-governmental groups on the ground will all be used to channel the EU funding, according to a statement from the commission.
The bloc decided in February that aid could only continue in industries and locales where women could contribute to its provision or take use of it.
According to the UN mission in Afghanistan, 24.4 million people there require humanitarian aid.
The EU expects that the cash will assist in addressing some of their fundamental requirements, such as access to clean drinking water, and will also allow Afghans who have sought safety in nearby nations return to their own.
“The EU announce a one billion euro aid package in August 2021, of which 980 million euros have already been use, and the 140 million euros constitute a portion of it.”
The Taliban administration has reportedly been developing criteria for NGOs ever since they announced the ban, according to prior UN reports.
Since then, some humanitarian organisations have restarted operations in the areas where they were able to reach temporary deals with Taliban leaders on the ground that permit women employees to keep working, particularly in the health industry.