Thursday, November 23, 2023

Aid groups say Ottawa still hampering work in Afghanistan, despite legislation

Afghans wait for transport to depart for their homeland, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. The U.N. health agency is warning that about 1.3 million Afghans are expected to return to Afghanistan from Pakistan where authorities earlier are expelling foreigners, mostly Afghans, living in the country illegally. It had forced at least 340,000 Afghans to leave Pakistan after spending decades, officials said Friday.

Canadian aid groups say Ottawa hasn't cleared roadblocks that bar them from getting aid into Afghanistan, despite Parliament passing legislation this spring and allies issuing carve-outs to their own terrorism laws nearly two years ago.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-afghanistan-aid-work-1.7037932?cmp=rss
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