Stop starving the people of Afghanistan

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

The UK is one of the countries directly responsible for the state Afghanistan is currently in. Sign this petition to demand the UK government pay its part of the $4.4 billion the UN is requesting to help save Afghanistan 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.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

The UK is currently contributing to aid in Afghanistan

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-59518628

We could accept a petition calling for the Government to increase aid to Afghanistan, if that's what you'd like to see happen.

Timeline

18 Feb 2022	Petition opened for signatures
21 Feb 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 21 Feb 2022

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