The United States under Biden’s administration withdrew its aid from Afghanistan, as the Taliban were threatening its citizens. The withdrawal left Afghanistan citizens who have been struggling in their homes worse, and they dealt with severe hunger and starvation.
But in a new development, while speaking at the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif urged the international community to come to Afghanistan’s aid and release their assets.
The United States has decided to heed the call. In a statement, the US Department of State said:
“This funding includes nearly $119 million through the Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration and nearly $208 million through the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, bringing the total U.S. humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan and neighboring countries to more than $1.1 billion since the Taliban takeover one year ago in August 2021.”
The statement said that the funding will provide emergency cash, shelter, healthcare, and reintegration assistance to internally displaced persons and returnees, as well as protection, life-saving reproductive and maternal health, and gender-based violence prevention and response services, all of the things Afghanistan lacked in the past months.
Abdul Latif Nazari, the deputy minister of economy in the Islamic Emirate was happy about the new aid. In a statement, he said:
“The new aid of the US can be allocated for major economic projects in support of domestic industrial organizations and also strengthening infrastructure and economic development.”
