Canada still blocks aid to Afghanistan, NGOs deplore

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OTTAWA — Foreign aid organizations want the Canadian government to authorize them more quickly to help people in Afghanistan. Aid workers can currently be prosecuted under the Criminal Code if they pay taxes or property taxes to Afghan Taliban authorities. For the government, paying these taxes is the equivalent of supporting a terrorist organization financially. The United States, the European Union and Australia implemented exemptions as early…