The Taliban announced that the representative of the European Union during a meeting with the group's minister of economy promised to provide another $100 million in aid to Afghanistan.

The aid will be allocated to support development projects, especially in the agriculture sector, the statement said.

The Taliban's Ministry of Economy wrote in a statement that Veronika Boskovic Pohar, the representative of the European Union, said that the organisation will soon hold a conference on small businesses in Afghanistan.

In a statement issued by the ministry on Thursday, November 7, the ministry said that during the meeting, the Taliban's Minister of Economy, Din Mohammad Hanif, appreciated the EU's humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and called for the continuation of the EU's development cooperation in various sectors.

The European Union has not yet commented on the meeting and the promise of $100 million in aid to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

Humanitarian aid from the international community is usually distributed through United Nations-owned agencies in Afghanistan. The process of distributing these aids has been the subject of much criticism over the past three years. A number of critics claim that there is no transparent monitoring body to prove that this aid actually reaches the needy and that the Taliban does not benefit from it.

According to the United Nations, more than 20 million people in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan are in need of humanitarian assistance.