The United Nations is urging nations to pay attention to the unfolding economic crisis of Afghanistan, which could hurt the majority of Afghanis under Taliban rule. The world organization is pushing for the country controlled by radical mountain Islamists that are openly engaged in activities commonly characterized by multiple nation-states, and even by the UN, as being terroristic in nature.
America could find it in the unenviable position of funding the same people that were just recently attempting to kill its own soldiers. The reputation of the American state on the world stage, which has already taken several hits recently, most notably in this same Afghanistan, could continue to diminish, leading many of our current ‘allies’ to consider maybe joining factions with stronger, more reliable allies like, perhaps, Russia, or China.
Whether these nation-states prove to be any more reliable than the US or not is not as important as the immediate perception that, compared to America’s last 10 years or so, almost anyone looks better as a source for protection from local threats than the US does right now. I predict the nation-states further outside of the central orbit of America, Australia, and the UK, might very well, at minimum, invite more presence by both Russia and China in a bid to hedge their bets should the US fail them like they did their allies in Afghanistan.
U.N. warns Afghanistan needs money to prevent total breakdown
From www.reuters.com
2021-09-09 21:48:00
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Deborah Lyons, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Afghanistan makes a statement during the 2020 Afghanistan Conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 9 (Reuters) – The United Nations warned on Thursday that the freezing of billions of dollars in Afghan assets to keep them out of Taliban hands would inevitably spark “a severe economic downturn” and could push millions more Afghans into poverty and hunger.
U.N. special envoy on Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, said a way needed to be found to get money quickly flowing to the country “to prevent a total breakdown of the economy and social order” and with safeguards to ensure it is not misused by the Taliban.
Lyons told the U.N. Security Council that Afghanistan could be set “back for generations.”
“The economy must be allowed to breathe for a few more months, giving the Taliban a chance to demonstrate flexibility and a genuine…
