Pakistan Hosts 57 Islamic Countries To Discuss Aid For Afghanistan

 

AFP: Islamic countries meet to discuss aid for Afghanistan 

Envoys from 57 Islamic nations as well as observer delegations were meeting in Pakistan Sunday for a summit aimed at relieving the humanitarian crisis in neighbouring Afghanistan, while testing diplomatic ties with its new Taliban rulers. 

The meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is the biggest major conference on Afghanistan since the US-backed government fell in August. 

After the Taliban's lightning return to power, billions of dollars in aid and assets were frozen by the international community, and the nation of 38 million now faces a bitter winter. 

The United Nations has repeatedly warned that Afghanistan is on the brink of the world's worst humanitarian emergency with a combined food, fuel and cash crisis.  

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WNU editor: None of these Islamic countries are going to spend the tens of billions that the West spent on aid for Afghanistan. Not even close. 

The hope is that international pressure will result in the lifting of Western sanctions and the resumption of Western aid. But considering the hard-line stance of the Taliban government and its support of terror groups like Al Qaeda, I have doubts that this is going to happen. 

Pakistan Hosts 57 Islamic Countries To Discuss Aid For Afghanistan 

Islamic world unites to aid desperately poor Afghanistan -- AP  

Islamic states' meeting agrees to set up trust fund for Afghanistan -- Reuters  

Pakistan warns of consequences from Afghan ‘economic meltdown’ -- Al Jazeera 

OIC-Led Huddle to Discuss Looming Afghan Humanitarian, Economic Crisis -- VOA