We are very concerned about the time the Government has taken to disburse the UK aid it has pledged to Afghanistan, given the considerable and escalating humanitarian need in the country. The Government should have worked faster to disburse the UK aid it pledged to Afghanistan in 2021.

We are very concerned about the time the Government has taken to disburse the UK aid it has pledged to Afghanistan, given the considerable and escalating humanitarian need in the country. The Government should have worked faster to disburse the UK aid it pledged to Afghanistan in 2021. Type: recommendation | Number: 9 | Paragraph: 58 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: funding is spent responsibly. The FCDO has done this in Afghanistan. The FCDO’s approach has been to ensure that aid is phased against developing needs, partners’ capability to implement, and to respond to aid agencies’ appeals such as the UN (September 2021, January 2022), the Disasters Emergency C