UNSC exempts Afghan aid from sanctions

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Updated At : 12:12 PM Dec 23, 2021 IST

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New Delhi, December 22

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday voted in favour of exempting humanitarian aid to Afghanistan from the sanctions imposed on the Taliban and it’s leadership in 1988. Many countries had been reluctant to provide aid despite committing themselves to helping Afghanistan due to the existing sanctions. India also voted in favour of exempting aid to Afghanistan from sanctions.

“India supported the resolution to grant exemption from sanctions for humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador TS Tirumurti said.

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