Swiss Foreign Ministry Weighs Up Future Of Afghan Aid
(MENAFN- Swissinfo)
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Under current circumstances, it's unclear whether Switzerland can continue to send emergency aid to Afghanistan, the foreign ministry has said.
This content was published on January 8, 2023 - 13:59 January 8, 2023 - 13:59 SonntagsBlick/RTS/dos Bern is in discussions with other donor countries, the UN and partners on the ground about next steps, foreign ministry spokesman Pierre-Alain Eltschinger told the SonntagsBlick newspaper on Sunday.
The amount of funding allocated in future will depend on whether and how partner organisations in Afghanistan can carry out their work, he said.
Some aid groups, including Save the Children and the Norwegian Refugee Council, have suspended activities in Afghanistan after a recent decision by the Taliban to ban women from working in NGOs and humanitarian organisations.
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