A | KABUL, Afghanistan -- The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan has warned that the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through the establishment of fraudulent nongovernmental organizations.The Taliban have exerted greater control over national and international NGOs since seizing power in August 2021. They have barred Afghan women from NGO work and sought to push out foreign organizations from the education sector.A report from the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, said it found that the Taliban benefit from American-funded education programming through the generation of tax revenues and from more “nefarious” methods like the establishment of fraudulent NGOs and extorting and infiltrating existing NGOs to obtain or direct international donor aid. In May, a SIGAR report highlighted the Taliban’s interference with NGO work in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Economy, which supervises the sector, rejected the claims. Ministry spokesman Abdul Rahman Habib, responding to the latest SIGAR report on Monday, said there was no evidence of interference.According to the report, published this month, the U.S. has spent around $185 million on education in Afghanistan since August 2021.An NGO official told SIGAR that the Taliban target and extort Afghans who receive monetary support from American-funded education programs under the guise of taxation. In another example, NGO officials told the watchdog that the Taliban coerced NGOs into hiring supporters or purchasing goods from Taliban-owned companies.Taliban policies and priorities have reduced the overall quality of education, with a drop in the number of teachers and a decrease in teacher quality, as unqualified community members or Taliban officials replace staff, SIGAR said."We found that the Taliban have been unable to fully fund public school teacher salaries and building maintenance costs, leading to further teacher shortages and the deterioration of school buildings."The redirection of international donor aid to community-based education schools, along with financial and infrastructure challenges facing the Taliban, raised serious questions about how the Taliban could sustain the education sector and if they had any intention of doing so, the report said.An Education Ministry spokesman, Qari Mansor Ahmad Hamza, called the SIGAR report baseless and said the quality of teaching and school facilities in Afghanistan is better than before.“At present, the projects and financial assistance of international aid agencies are under the strong supervision of the top leadership of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,” Hamza said, employing the term the Taliban use to describe their administration. The leadership promises to “invest this aid” and share reports with the country, the spokesman added.。
本报8月25日讯 今天，济南市工商联第十六次代表大会开幕。大会总结过去五年的工作，谋划和部署今后五年的目标任务，选举新一届市工商联执委会。
市委书记刘强，省人大常委会副主任、省工商联主席王随莲出席并讲话，市委副书记杨峰，市领导陈阳、张勇强、杨光忠、刘霞出席，杨丽主持。
B | 刘强代表市委、市人民政府，向大会召开表示祝贺。他说，市工商联第十五次代表大会以来，全市各级工商联组织坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，紧扣“两个健康”主题，围绕中心大局、聚焦主责主业，在思想政治引领、服务经济发展、积极参政议政、深化商会改革等方面作了大量工作，在全市政治、经济和社会生活中发挥了重要作用。
C | 广大民营企业、民营经济人士积极投身强省会建设大局，用实际行动诠释了家国情怀和责任担当。
D | 奋进“十五五”新征程，要强化政治引领，把牢干事创业正确方向，以实际行动坚定拥护“两个确立”、坚决做到“两个维护”。
E | 要围绕中心大局，助力民营经济健康发展、高质量发展，不断增强民营经济发展活力。要增强服务效能，进一步创优民营经济发展环境，让广大民营经济人士切实感受到党和政府的温暖。要深化改革创新，不断提高自身建设水平，真正把工商联建成党组织靠得住的“坚强阵地”、企业家信得过的“温暖之家”。 王随莲代表省工商联、省总商会，向大会的召开表示祝贺，希望广大民营经济人士在筑牢共同思想政治基础上作表率，在推动民营经济高质量发展上当先锋，在提升现代化治理水平上走在前，在以产业富民促进共同富裕上立新功。希望济南市工商联以换届为契机，全面加强自身建设，在夯实基层基础、打造过硬代表人士队伍、提升干部素质能力上下功夫，接续创造新业绩、书写新篇章。 市政协副主席、九三学社济南市委会主委刘霞代表市级各民主党派致贺词。
F | 副市长，市工商联主席、济南总商会会长杨丽代表济南市工商业联合会(总商会)第十五届执委会作工作报告。
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