Two containers of food bound for Afghanistan have been cancelled by a Canada-based aid agency because of a law banning any dealings with the Taliban.
World Vision says it has been forced to cancel a large shipment of “therapeutic food,” which it said could have fed around 1,800 children.
Aid agencies working in Afghanistan complain the law in its current form is impeding their work because they cannot help anyone who may have official dealings with what is now the Afghan government, including those paying rent or taxes. Ten humanitarian organizations made a submission to a special parliamentary committee on Afghanistan earlier this year calling on ministers to relax the laws so they could work on the ground in Afghanistan without fear of breaching Canada's anti-terrorism laws.
In its official report, the parliamentary committee recommended that the government “ensure that registered Canadian organizations have the clarity and assurances needed - such as carve-outs or exemptions - to deliver humanitarian assistance and meet basic needs in Afghanistan without fear of prosecution for violating Canada's anti-terrorism laws.”
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