Tell Pres. Biden: Afghanistan Can’t Wait

Over the past few weeks, a series of earthquakes have killed over 2,400 people and flattened several cities in Afghanistan. Can you join our plea to President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken to urge them to increase emergency relief and to work to ensure that sanctions do not impede the flow of aid to help Afghans in crisis?

We can support calls for aid and relief without pretending that the Taliban is anything but a cruel and oppressive group. Independent monitoring systems can ensure that any aid and funding released go to people in need, and not the Taliban.

How do we know? Just days ago, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced $12 million in immediate humanitarian aid to assist victims of a week of repeated deadly earthquakes in western Afghanistan. It’s a great start, but saving lives at this moment will require much, much more.

We can’t abandon the people of Afghanistan in the face of a devastating environmental disaster that is further exacerbating an ongoing humanitarian crisis after decades of war on our watch. Please act now.