US to provide additional $ 308m humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan | Issues of Humanitarian Relief
Biden government to donate more money to humanitarian agencies as millions of Afghans starve to death.
The United States will provide $ 308m in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, The White House has announced, bringing in total US funds to Afghanistan and Afghan refugees in the region of about $ 782m from October.
The assistance will be provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to humanitarian organizations that provide accommodation, medical care, and emergency care, among other things, White House spokeswoman Emily Horne said Tuesday.
In addition, the US will provide another million Doses of coronavirus vaccine through the World Health Organization (COVAX) vaccine, which brings Afghanistan to 4.3 million.
This comes as the United Nations relief agency said on Tuesday requires approximately $ 5bn of assistance in Afghanistan in 2022. This includes $ 4.4bn in aid within Afghanistan, and $ 623m to support millions of Afghans living outside the country’s borders.
More than half of the population – about 22 million people – are facing severe hunger, the UN said, while another 5.7 million Afghan refugees in five neighboring countries needed much-needed relief this year.
“There is so much danger in helping people. My message is urgent: do not close the door for the people of Afghanistan, “said UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths.
The economic crisis has intensified in Afghanistan after The Taliban seized power in August, when the old white-backed government collapsed and The U.S. military withdrew. The international currency in Afghanistan has been suspended and billions of dollars in the country economic wealth outside, especially in the US, it was cold.
In a statement to the White House on Tuesday, Horne said the US was “committed to helping the people of Afghanistan and we continue to think of everything we can”. “We stand with the people of Afghanistan,” he said.
Meanwhile, USAID has called on the Taliban to allow “all aid workers, especially women … to work independently and safely” while humanitarian groups want to help those in need.
“The United States continues to urge the Taliban to allow for limited access to basic services, a safe haven for vulnerable people, to provide assistance to all vulnerable people, and the liberation of all humanitarian workers,” the agency said.
The decision by the US and foreign countries not to recognize the Taliban government has created a dilemma for Western nations on how to provide adequate care without providing a legitimate group or investing directly in their hands.
The Taliban have called on countries to raise funds to help end the humanitarian crisis.
Government employees, from doctors to teachers and government employees, have not been paid for several months, while banks have restricted the amount of money that account holders can withdraw.
Last month, the US released US and UN officials who were doing business with Taliban-sanctioned US sanctions to try. maintaining the flow of care in Afghanistan.
