KABUL—Trying to forestall a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan, the United Nations and aid organizations are looking for ways to help the Afghan people without bolstering the country’s new Taliban administration, many of whose leaders remain under international sanctions.

Even before the Taliban seized power on Aug. 15 and deposed the Western-backed Afghan government, half of the country’s roughly 40 million people already needed humanitarian aid, according to the U.N.

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