Wheat, mostly contributed by India to the Government Kabul supported by the previous US, was being used to pay 40,000 10kg wheat workers per day to work five hours a day, agricultural officials said at a press conference.

The Taliban government said on Tuesday it expanded the program “food to work”, where he used wheat donated to pay thousands of public sector employees instead of increasing cash.

Wheat, mostly contributed by India to the Government Kabul supported by the previous US, was being used to pay 40,000 10kg wheat workers per day to work five hours a day, agricultural officials said at a press conference.

Schemes, most of whom have paid workers in public work programs in Kabul, will be extended throughout the country, they said.

“We are ready to help our people as much as we can,” said Fazel Bari Fazli, Deputy Minister of Administration and Finance at the Ministry of Agriculture.

The Taliban government has received an additional 18 tons of wheat from Pakistan with more than 37 tons and negotiations with India for 55 tons, according to Fazli.

“We have many plans for food programs for work,” he said. It is not clear how many wheat is donated to be used as direct humanitarian aid and how much to pay workers in Afghanistan.

The growing program underlines the growth of the puzzle faced by the Taliban government as cash in the country dries and can ask questions among donors for the use of humanitarian aid for government purposes while strict restrictions remain in the financial flow to the country.

UN agencies on Tuesday requested a donor of $ 4.4 billion in humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan in 2022, referring to the funds “important stop gap” to ensure the future of the country.

“The surge in full humanitarian disaster. My message is urgent: Do not close the door to the Afghans,” said United Nations Assistance Martin Griffiths.