Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko said on Thursday his agency has uncovered “some really horrific information about the problems with the U.N. operations in Afghanistan.”
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko said on Thursday his agency has uncovered “some really horrific information about the problems with the U.N. operations in Afghanistan.”
“A lot of congressmen are torn in this conundrum between giving humanitarian assistance to Afghans who are suffering versus how much of that is going to a regime which we hate,” Sopko said, dropping some very heavy hints about the nature of his discoveries.some questions to the United Nations about whether or not the Taliban is stealing humanitarian aid, but the U.N. did not respond. event at King’s College in London.
SIGAR said he understood the reluctance to put U.S. or U.N. money in the hands of the Taliban but also worried that shutting down aid programs would be harsh on the Afghan people, who are suffering through one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.most repressive, regimes in the world” and denounced its “reluctance to abide by any semblance of human rights norms, particularly when it comes to the treatment of – and opportunities for – Afghan women and girls.
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