Submitted on Monday 21st February 2022
Rejected on Thursday 24th February 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
URGENTLY increase aid to the starving people of Afghanistan
The UK is directly responsible for the state Afghanistan is currently in. Sign this petition to demand the UK government increase aid to Afghanistan, to pay its part of the $4.4 billion the UN is requesting, and use its international position to encourage other countries to do the same.
The World Food Programme describes the situation in Afghanistan as “the worst humanitarian crisis on earth”. At least a million children under five are at risk of dying of malnutrition. 95% of people don’t have enough to eat.
80% of Afghanistan’s budget comes from external aid. Most of this was suspended following the change in government and financial assets (~$10bn) were frozen causing economic collapse. Afghanistan is also suffering from the worst drought for 27 years.
The withholding of foreign aid is a form of collective punishment on the people of Afghanistan. Starving an entire country and destroying its economy is not going to get rid of the Taliban.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/608805
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