Taliban Refugee Agency Signs $210,000 MoU with Norwegian Committee to Aid Displaced Afghans

The Taliban-run Ministry for Refugees and Repatriation and the Norwegian Refugee Council have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth $210,809. According to an official report from the ministry, the agreement aims to provide healthcare assistance and legal support to internally displaced persons, returnees, and host communities in Afghanistan’s Faryab province.

Under this agreement, the Norwegian Refugee Council has pledged to allocate the funds for the distribution of hygiene kits and case management services for 2,231 displaced individuals and returnees. The implementation of these initiatives, if properly conducted, is expected to improve the health and administrative conditions of vulnerable families in Faryab to some extent.

While signing such agreements may address some immediate needs of displaced populations, migration experts emphasize that without a coherent and transparent plan from the Taliban administration to ensure the basic rights of displaced people and to create conditions for safe, voluntary returns, these types of aid efforts are unlikely to have a lasting impact.