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@ISIDEWITHQuestionsForeign policy4yrs ago

Should the World Bank and International Monetary Fund provide financial aid to the Taliban government in Afghanistan?

After the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021 the Taliban seized control of the country. In response the International Monetary Fund and major international donors to the country blocked the Taliban’s access to billions of dollars in charitable bank accounts. More than half of Afghanistan’s annual $5 billion budget is from foreign aid. Despite its puritanical brand of Islam, the Taliban controls the world’s largest opium operation, earning about $460 million a year from taxes on the sale of heroin moving through their territories alone, the U.N. says.…  

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 @ISIDEWITHDiscuss this answer...4yrs4Y

No

 @ISIDEWITHDiscuss this answer...4yrs4Y

Yes

 @ScoopesoDemocrat  from Florida  answered…3yrs3Y

No

I agree with the final statement. That the Taliban Government shouldn't be recognized by foreign governments. Not exactly ignoring what they do but not supporting them in a way that forces them come to the table, with a plate in hand.

 @C1v1cCordialfrom Louisiana  disagreed…3yrs3Y

Take an defeated the Russians in the 1980s and the US on the 2010s.

If we can’t beat them who can?

 @ScoopesoDemocrat  from Florida  asked for more information…3yrs3Y

No

Please share more information, your stance is very general.

Please share more information about your argument or stance on the subject. I'm not sure what you are talking about or arguing about. Please provide more information on the subject such as links or text. I am of a much younger generation, and I was not born during the 1980s. I've also been out of high school for quite some time. I believe the statements you have made are very general and does not provide enough information or details.

 @974X2Z7Progressive from Texas  answered…4yrs4Y

They should, but they should make sure somehow that the financial aid is going towards humanitarian aid rather than the oppression of people and the financing of the Taliban's military.

 @8Z7F73C from Massachusetts  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes if they promise to protect women’s rights.

 @8YX87QPSocialist from Michigan  answered…4yrs4Y

Not unless they promise to give equal rights to all.

 @8Z6KQX5 from Massachusetts  answered…4yrs4Y

No, Afghanistan is a Sunni nationalist state with a brutality a Terrian government and has some of the most terroristic organizations in the world, we should not allow the supplementation of such evil.

 @8Z6FMKB from West Virginia  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, they are the legitimate government.

  @7L8WQDLIndependent from Kentucky  answered…4yrs4Y

No, but we should do a airlift of food, water, and medical supplies to citizens trapped in Afghanistan

 @8YWDHRY from Texas  answered…4yrs4Y

No. but we are responsible for the inception of the Taliban and as a government we must learn to work with this "Frankenstein's monster"

 @97QP67CAlliance from Kentucky  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only for humanitarian purposes

 @932TYW5 from Arizona  answered…4yrs4Y

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund should be abolished.

  @92SK8VWfrom Vermont  answered…4yrs4Y

Only if they prove to not violate constitutional and civil rights.

 @983KVD8 from Illinois  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes. Only Humanitarian aid for the families living within the country.

 @97CWTN6Independent from Minnesota  answered…4yrs4Y

End both organizations

 @96YSHV5 from Florida  answered…4yrs4Y

Regardless, we should leave these organizations.

 @96WVWMPfrom Maine  answered…4yrs4Y

Yee, but with strings attached

 @96W7LW8 from Georgia  answered…4yrs4Y

not the Taliban government but the people yes considering they are the ones in danger.

 @96QX2DG from Pennsylvania  answered…4yrs4Y

Not my place to say

 @96Q4L4NLibertarian from Ohio  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but no special treatment.

 @2JDFWLHDemocratfrom Florida  answered…4yrs4Y

Only on the grounds of humanitarian support

 @96PT7BK from Wisconsin  answered…4yrs4Y

We should provide aid to people who live in Afghanistan, who did not choose to be born in a country that was under an authoritarian regime.

 @96P5XRJ from Kansas  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, although they definitely shouldn’t be first in line for aid we should use aid to curb influence from nations like china. Plus fascistic, authoritarian regimes like the Taliban tend to suck so badly that after 40-60 years people in the country fight for change to get away from their corrupt, horrible, and evil rule as the justification for what they do stops seeming so prevalent and worth all the suffering it brings about.

 @96PJKHGLibertarian from Ohio  answered…4yrs4Y

No, and we should not give foreign aid to any countries

 @96P8KBV from Oregon  answered…4yrs4Y

While financial aid would likely be useful, I believe the issues facing Afghanistan at this moment are more than just monetary and indiscriminate funding may be a net negative.

 @96NP3S6Democratfrom Maine  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only provided that the taliban agree to cooperate with the US and NATO in the future.

 @96NCJXV from Florida  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only if it can go directly to the people and not towards the government.

 @96MZL6C from Texas  answered…4yrs4Y

No, but I am concerned that the citizens of Afghanistan will suffer due to no aid.

 @96M4XGH from Maryland  answered…4yrs4Y

Sure, but only if they act accordingly

 @96LX6M3 from Oklahoma  answered…4yrs4Y

I believe that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund should provide financial aid to the people in Afghanistan who need it including families and children but not to the Taliban government.

 @96LV387 from Massachusetts  answered…4yrs4Y

No, Banks should not be funding terrorist regimes.

 @96LQ8DM from North Carolina  answered…4yrs4Y

Only if the money is for a good cause or reason.

 @96LQ6JC from Utah  answered…4yrs4Y

The WB should give aid to those in need of the money, and not the Taliban government itself.

 @96LPSYFProgressive from Washington  answered…4yrs4Y

For food and medicine for the people

 @96LKSKHSocialist from Washington  answered…4yrs4Y

No, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund should be abolished

 @96LKDTFRepublican from Washington D.C.  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only humanitarian aid to help against ISIS

 @96L9G5CDemocrat from Minnesota  answered…4yrs4Y

Don’t know enough to have a solid decision

 @96L783H from Nebraska  answered…4yrs4Y

No, the Taliban is a terrorist group

 @96L25VFDemocrat from Minnesota  answered…4yrs4Y

No, it's a terrorist state that doesn't deserve to be part of the international community

 @96KL75N from California  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes. Implement safeguards to track where the financial aid is being utilised in order to prevent corrupt Taliban officials from embezzling the aid.

 @Chezm_ from Arizona  answered…4yrs4Y

No, but provide financial aid to Afghan people without ties to the Taliban.

 @96KBTVP from New Jersey  answered…4yrs4Y

Only if the Taliban can show that they can safeguard the human rights of the Afghan people

 @96K62JFSocialist from California  answered…4yrs4Y

abolish the IMF entirely

 @96JY6ZR from Florida  answered…4yrs4Y

yes, just for humanitarian supplies

 @96JXLFB from Arizona  answered…4yrs4Y

Only to it's citizens

 @96JKS2Q from Colorado  answered…4yrs4Y

No, but the people of Afghanistan still need some sort of mutual aid.

 @96J7QWZSocialistfrom Maine  answered…4yrs4Y

si,ma solo se è certo che verranno utilizzati nei programmi di assistenza sociale

 @96HXG2X from Indiana  answered…4yrs4Y

I do not have enough knowledge of this issue to have a stance

 @96HT8N4 from California  answered…4yrs4Y

Abolish the World Bank and IMF.

 @96HQJCM from North Carolina  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only if funds are directed towards approved projects and with monitoring and oversight.

 @96HN2XH from California  answered…4yrs4Y

Taliban should be stopped and Afghanistan's citizens should be saved.

 @96GRV9V from New York  answered…4yrs4Y

Abolish the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

 @96GPCQF from Arkansas  answered…4yrs4Y

It should unfreeze the Afghani people money

 @96GNMSS from Missouri  answered…4yrs4Y

Financial aid should bypass the Taliban for direct humanitarian relief to Afghans

 @96GMRCH from Alabama  answered…4yrs4Y

Abolish the IMF

 @96GBYVM from South Carolina  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, if and only if the money is being spent for humanitarian efforts

 @96G97G7 from Texas  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, as long as the Taliban meets certain conditions in regards to human rights

 @96G8WLM from Texas  answered…4yrs4Y

Depends how they use it, regulate it heavily If done.

 @96G2YG4 from Minnesota  answered…4yrs4Y

i think that the World Bank should send money for the families but at the same time whos to say that the Taliban wont just take it

 @96G2HVB from Texas  answered…4yrs4Y

The situation is very complicated and multilayered

 @96FBJLZ from Massachusetts  answered…4yrs4Y

Irdk that seems like (ideally) a technocratic decision for the folks at the INF

 @2Q8F3F8Transhumanistfrom Michigan  answered…4yrs4Y

Abolish the WB and IMF

 @96DFGHF from Washington  answered…4yrs4Y

The World Bank and the IMF are violent tools of imperialism that keep exploited countries subservient and underdeveloped and should be dismantled

 @96D6P2W from Iowa  answered…4yrs4Y

I think they should prevent AIDS from everyone.

 @96CQQ7M from Florida  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, to the extent it is necessary for the care and safety of citizens but not otherwise

 @96CKSRH from Vermont  answered…4yrs4Y

regardless, abolish the world bank and international monetary fund

 @96CJDMZ from Massachusetts  answered…4yrs4Y

Did you seriously ask me that? Obviously no!

 @96CG6DJIndependent from Indiana  answered…4yrs4Y

No, countries should have to meet certain basic human rights standards in order to participate in IMF funding.

 @96BS55D from Texas  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, only if the money helps the people.

 @96BRNK7 from Virginia  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, regardless of horrific war crimes basic and unalienable rights must hold.

 @96BPW26 from Pennsylvania  answered…4yrs4Y

Don’t care if it’s not my money

 @96BMSYT from New York  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, as long as the Taliban stops violating the human rights of non-Muslims and women

 @96B9YSF from Nevada  answered…4yrs4Y

only for organization that benefit people in poverty

 @96B6Y8W from Utah  answered…4yrs4Y

Provide aid directly to the people instead.

 @96B2LWZ from Indiana  answered…4yrs4Y

No external influence and

 @969T5GK from California  answered…4yrs4Y

sure, why not

 @969SJN7 from Alabama  answered…4yrs4Y

As long as they don't infringe on the natural rights of their citizens and their livelihood, they should receive the same opportunities as any other nation should.

 @969N4MJ from Michigan  answered…4yrs4Y

I feel like they should fund projects that go in and help people, instead of giving money to the gov.

 @96964B9 from Massachusetts  answered…4yrs4Y

Abolish both

 @9692RLYLibertarian from Wisconsin  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but lower the amount of aid

 @9692F63 from Wisconsin  answered…4yrs4Y

Not to the taliban directly but to the families of Afghanistan

 @968YJLTProgressive from Missouri  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but with strict supervision of the funds.

 @968R4SGProgressivefrom Guam  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, as long as there is a very high level of accountability.

 @968D5KGSocialistfrom Maryland  answered…4yrs4Y

The citizens need the aid, the government does not.

 @968LQHW from Oregon  answered…4yrs4Y

It is a very complicated topic, as while reparations are inevitably owed to Afghanistan for the actions undertaken overseas, they perhaps should not be paid to the Taliban specifically.

 @968HHTH from Pennsylvania  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only if it for humanitarian purposes.

 @968CR54 from West Virginia  answered…4yrs4Y

We should annihilate the Taliban t prevent any more attacks from happening ever again

 @967T8M6 from Colorado  answered…4yrs4Y

No, the aid should go to the people, not the Taliban government

 @9672WFY from Colorado  answered…4yrs4Y

No, though construct ways of actively supporting the families and children.

 @966W7HD from North Carolina  answered…4yrs4Y

yes, if they will increase women's right

 @965SWJK from New Jersey  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes but place regulations for how the money is spent

 @9657FFX from Georgia  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, once they make some reforms

 @964TSZ8 from California  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but not all of the fund until the Taliban government demonstrates that the fund will go to the people of Afghanistan.

 @964TQTV from Florida  answered…4yrs4Y

As long as they make sure their money is being used as they intended.

 @964Q428 from Missouri  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but in exchange for removing extremist beliefs from their government. We should also not ask for this money back

 @9648NFZ from New York  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only if it can be proven that the money is going to humanitarian causes

 @9647L76 from California  answered…4yrs4Y

If it is used to fix the current famine and other issues

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