The Taliban hear a UN call for “global climate action” now being broadcast at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, with the terrorist organization offering to tackle Afghanistan’s “fragile environment” along with foreign agencies and, importantly, funding them.
Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen (pictured) regretted that “huge work” was needed to make Afghanistan greener and that funding for environmental projects approved for UN funding under the former Afghan government “must be fully continue working. “
He emphasized that the extremist group, which had once targeted guest performers, was “committed” to ensuring the safety of all foreign workers and that the international community was not at all concerned.
Shaheen expressed his requests on social media:
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Afghanistan has a fragile climate. It takes a lot of work. Some climate change projects that have already been approved and funded by the Green Climate Fund
UNDP, Afghan Aid, should continue its work in full. This will, on the one hand, help to change the climate– Suhail Shaheen. Mohammed Sahil Shahein (@ suhailshaheen1) October 31, 2021
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for the better, on the other hand, it will provide people with employment opportunities. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for the work of NGOs and charities.– Suhail Shaheen. Mohammed Sahil Shahein (@ suhailshaheen1) October 31, 2021
The work of international agencies in the war-torn country has previously been disrupted by Taliban kidnappings, torture, mass killings and accidental bombings, meaning social aid donors are still reluctant to cooperate with Islamist insurgents.
Shaheen, however, stressed that the Taliban had left this behind and could ensure the safety of the teams working on the projects and the safe and correct transfer of millions of funds from the UN and its many agencies.
This is not the first time that the Taliban have observed Afghanistan and decided that something needs to be done to improve the local environment.
In the days immediately following the U.S. withdrawal, Abdul Qahar Balkhi, a member of the Taliban Cultural Commission, said Newsweek The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan wants to work with the world community on a number of projects.
An Afghan woman dressed in a burqa walks through a bird market in Kabul, October 31, 2021. (HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP via Getty)
“We hope that we will not only be recognized by regional states,” Balkhi said, “but by the whole world as a legitimate representative government of the people of Afghanistan.”
He then announced that the Taliban could unite people to tackle “the challenges facing not only us but all of humanity, and these challenges, which range from global security to climate change, require the joint efforts of all.”