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International donors cut off all but emergency aid to #Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover in August.
Now hunger and destitution seem poised to kill more Afghans than all the bombs and bullets of the past two decades. 
https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asia/afghanistan/317-beyond-emergency-relief-averting-afghanistans-humanitarian-catastrophe …pic.twitter.com/hlUrvDSvI7
The end of the world’s deadliest war has not put a stop to the suffering of the Afghan people. The Afghan state is teetering on the edge of full collapse, and the UN warns that the country is fast becoming the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.pic.twitter.com/wHeM642MxP
Some of the escalating misery cannot be avoided: when a war economy disintegrates, adjustments will always be hard.
Not surprisingly, the #Taliban were better at fighting an insurgency than running a modern economy and have shown little sign of compromise since seizing power.
Donors’ decisions to cut off all but emergency aid after the Taliban takeover is the biggest culprit. Exiled from the global financial system, Afghanistan’s beleaguered economy tipped toward a full-blown crisis.pic.twitter.com/HMGpbwP9n2
For western donors, there are certainly arguments for allowing the Taliban regime to fail. But the consequences of a failing state are already visible: growing risk of famine; surging migration; rising threats of terrorism; and rising supply of illicit drugs.pic.twitter.com/L5l17kHKE9
For the international community, there is a better way to handle the crisis: working with the state apparatus to preserve its basic functions to mitigate suffering.
Here is what this could look like 
The @WorldBank, the International Monetary Fund (@IMFNews) and other international financial institutions should re-engage with Afghanistan to sustain a few essential services.
Donors should also revive a broader set of assistance programs for education, food security, basic infrastructure and rural livelihoods.
To do so, they will often have to work with the Taliban authorities and fund civil servants’ salaries.
The #UnitedStates, the @UN Security Council and other sanctioning entities should amend or more clearly interpret their sanctions to avoid targeting the entire Afghan government or the whole economy.
Easing restrictions as outlined above would slow the pace of the growing crisis, but Afghanistan will still require emergency aid.
Western donors should prepare to fund humanitarian appeals and take steps to buttress the Afghan state.
For more information and all recommendations, read our report. 
https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asia/afghanistan/317-beyond-emergency-relief-averting-afghanistans-humanitarian-catastrophe …
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