Countries with serious starvation rates,where more than 10% of the population suffers from malnutrition, got only 1.18 million tons (13%) of cereals, including 25% of wheat. In particular, 11 ships with 0.36 million tons of grain (4%) went to the poorest countries in Africa.

NATO countries and their allies - 6.15 million (66% of 9.3million). Poor countries/ countries with serious starvation rates - 1.18 (13%).

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[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Are you denying the food crisis in Afghaniatan?... What right does the west have to starve the people or deny their government access to their funds?

It's definitely a thing. I don't think releasing that money to the Taliban - the same group that terrorized and slaughtered the people of Afghanistan for many years - is necessarily the way to deal with the situation. Other organizations that will be better stewards of that money would be ideal.

The West is starving Afganistan but I guess it isn’t a genocide because they’re only doing it punitivively for Afghanistan having won the war.

Definition of genocide:

the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group

Withholding cash from the Taliban so they can't just give it to their fighters doesn't fit this definition. For far too long, the US was careless about how it sloshed around cash and arms under the stupidity of the Cold War. It needs to take responsibility for how it releases cash and and arms now.