MONITORING (SW) – As part of immediate humanitarian support in response to the unprecedented crisis in the country, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday approved USD 405 million in grants to Afghanistan.
MONITORING (SW) – The United Nations is planning an $8 billion program of aid and services in Afghanistan for next year, taking on many government functions at a time when the Taliban regime remains under economic sanctions and lacks diplomatic recognition, according to international officials.
MONITORING (SW) – The Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution clearing the way for aid to reach Afghans in desperate need of basic support, while preventing funds from falling into the hands of the Taliban, a move welcomed by the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator as a “milestone” decision that will save lives.
Afghanistan’s finance ministry under the new Taliban government has prepared a draft national budget that, for the first time in two decades, is funded without foreign aid, a spokesman said.
MONITORING (SW) – The Red Cross on Friday urged the international community to engage with Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers, saying that aid groups on their own would be unable to stave off a humanitarian crisis.
KABUL (SW) – The Taliban’s Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan today issued a statement saying that countries around the world and international organizations should not use their aid to the people of Afghanistan as a tool of political pressure.
KABUL (SW) – Facing acute shortages of medicine and healthcare services, residents of all provinces are said to be faced with dire consequences.
MONITORING (SW) – Afghanistan received pledges worth over $ 1 billion as the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged nations on Monday to show their solidarity with the Afghans.
KABUL (SWS) – A humanitarian ‘catastrophe’ looms in Afghanistan amid freeze on aid and funds, said multiple aid agencies on Monday ahead of a high-level UN meeting on the country.
MONITORING (SW) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has appealed for humanitarian assistance to be scaled up as Afghanistan continues to be hit hard by an ever-worsening drought that threatens the livelihoods of more than 7 million people who rely on agriculture or livestock.
KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the $ 255M worth of humanitarian aid by the US for Afghanistan in the backdrop of the withdrawal of international troops.
The Taliban have halted distribution of aid in connection with the ‘National Meal’ program in Logar.
