Taliban Pledges to Protect Humanitarian Workers and Grant Afghans Access to Aid: UN

Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban forces stand on the back of a pickup truck as they gather in Abshar district, Panjshir Province, on Aug. 28, 2021. Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP via Getty Images

The Taliban has pledged to protect humanitarian aid workers operating in Afghanistan and ensure aid is delivered to Afghans in need, a senior United Nations official has said.

At the request of the secretary-general, U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths visited the country where he met with the Taliban’s nominal leader, Mullah Baradar, and other officials of the regime in Kabul on Sept. 5.