Kn1GHT_AX Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 The UK Foreign Office is to hold urgent meetings with banks, financial institutions and NGOs to clarify how to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan without breaching US or UN counterterror sanctions. The takeover of the country by the Taliban, which is internationally designated as a terrorist organisation, presents a legal minefield for charities trying to provide aid to the po[CENSORED]tion. The UN has imposed two sets of sanctions resolutions against more than 130 members of the Taliban – many now members of the government – and five Taliban “entities” including the entire Haqqani network. The US has long imposed broader sanctions on the Taliban as an organisation, raising questions about how banks or other financial channels can send aid into Afghanistan without risking falling foul of US Treasury penalties. A senior Foreign Office official said: “We need to be focused on the art of the possible so we are working to find solutions to get humanitarian aid into Afghanistan. We are talking to international partners several times daily about the best solution.”
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