{"id":9274,"date":"2022-04-02T12:27:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T12:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=9274"},"modified":"2022-10-15T14:20:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T14:20:13","slug":"unhcr-chief-calls-for-help-for-afghans-in-neighboring-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2022\/04\/unhcr-chief-calls-for-help-for-afghans-in-neighboring-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"UNHCR chief calls for help for Afghans in neighboring countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONITORING (SW) – The <\/b>UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi has urged the international community to help Afghan refugees and displaced communities in the neighboring countries.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

“<\/span>Yesterday donors pledged $2.4 billion towards humanitarian work in Afghanistan against $4.4 billion needed this year. The international community must continue to engage in Afghanistan and support its people, including those displaced and the refugees in neighbouring countries”, he tweeted on Saturday.<\/div>\n
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A day earlier, a\u00a0total of 41 donor countries pledged more than $2.44 billion towards the United Nations $4.4 billion appeal for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, the world body said on Thursday, as international concerns grew over the Taliban denying girls a secondary education.<\/p>\n

Belgium\u2019s minister of development cooperation Meryame Kitir said: \u201cEducation empowers women and girls and that\u2019s what the Taliban are afraid of\u201d. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the high-level conference urging donors to provide unconditional funding, saying that 9 million Afghans faced famine and that families were selling children and organs to survive.<\/p>\n

The humanitarian situation has \u201cdeteriorated alarmingly\u201d since the Taliban takeover in August and the economy has all but collapsed, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome 95 percent of people do not have enough to eat. Nine million people are at risk of famine. UNICEF estimates that a million severely malnourished children are on the verge of death, without immediate action,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Guterres called for the reopening of schools for all students in Afghanistan without discrimination.<\/p>\n

Britain, the European Union and the United States pledged funds, but along with Turkey and others voiced concerns about growing restrictions imposed by the hardline Islamist rulers, reported Reuters.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis humanitarian aid, like all aid from the United States, will go directly to NGOs and the United Nations. The Taliban will not control our humanitarian funding,\u201d said U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, pledging $204 million.<\/div>\n
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Ahead of the drive, Britain pledged 286 million pounds ($374 million) for Afghanistan, where six of every 10 Afghans need aid, much of it food.<\/div>\n
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