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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United Nations is proposing to pay nearly $ 6 million for protection in Afghanistan to the Ministry of Home Affairs managed by the Taliban, which is mainly under the United Nations and US sanctions and is desired by the FBI, according to UN documents and sources who are familiar with this problem .
The proposed funds will be paid next year mostly to subsidize the monthly wages of Taliban fighters who maintain facilities u.n. And to give them monthly food allowances based on the expansion of agreement with the former Afghan government supported by Afghanistan, documents reviewed by Reuters.
The plan underlined his insecurity that survived in Afghanistan after the Taliban Islamic takeover in August as a troops A.S. Finally, the remaining, and the lack of terrible funds hampered the new government due to the cutoff of international financial assistance.
“The United Nations has the task as an employer to strengthen and, if necessary, add the capacity of the host status in a situation where the United Nations personnel work in the field of insecurity,” UN spokesman Farhan Haq wrote in an email in response to Reuters questions about payment The proposed. He did not deny the contents of the document.
Some experts say the proposed payment raises questions about whether they will violate A.S. And u.n. Sanctions against the Taliban and their top leaders, and whether the United Nations can detect fund transfers for other purposes.
“What happens is there is no proper supervision,” said the source, who asked for anonymity to discuss this issue.
Those under sanctions include representatives of Taliban and Head of the Ministry of Home Affairs Sirajuddin Haqqani. He headed the Haqqani network, a faction blamed several of the bloody attacks for 20 years of war. The United States, who said Haqqani was close to Al Qaeda, offering a $ 10 million prize for information that led to his arrest.
U.n mission. Help for the Afghanistan budget (UNAMA) is “Moderate in the review,” but the mission “maintains complete compliance with all sanction regimes u.n.,” Haq said.
He did not respond to questions about whether the proposed payment would violate sanctions A.S.
A US Ministry of Finance officials said the Taliban and the Haqqani network were still appointed based on the US government counterterrorism sanctions program and that unauthorized people supported them “risk exposure to US sanctions.” The proposed funds will increase the ability of the Taliban who lack money to protect around 3,500 UN personnel in Kabul and 10 field offices. Many seek to help state 39 million overcome food shortages amid damage to public services and economic collapse accelerated by evaporation of foreign financial assistance.
