Martin Barber

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Displaced Afghans from the northern provinces arrive at a makeshift camp in Kabul, Afghanistan as the Taliban takes control of the country. Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images.

The international community was ill-prepared for the rapid collapse of the Afghan government, but now international donor governments need to rapidly determine how to respond to the profound economic crisis unfolding in the country.

As 38 million people living in Afghanistan prepare for a long hard winter with massive population displacements within and outside the country, the international community must come together behind the United Nations (UN) to engage with the new administration in Kabul.

The priority tasks to focus on are releasing frozen assets, mobilizing humanitarian assistance, refocusing the UN presence in the country, and setting ground rules for future collaboration in all sectors of the economy.…  Seguir leyendo »