White House spokesperson Emily Horne said in a statement Tuesday that the new aid from the US Agency for International Development will flow through independent humanitarian organizations and will be used to provide shelter, health care, winterisation assistance, emergency food aid, water, sanitation and hygiene services.
As part of our ongoing humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people, India supplied the third batch of medical assistance consisting of two tons of essential lifesaving medicines to Afghanistan today," said the Ministry of External Affairs press release.
Many of Afghanistan’s growing number of destitute people are making desperate decisions such as these as their nation spirals into a vortex of poverty.
Ending 20 years of war in the country, 2021 became the year that Kabul fell into Taliban rule. Here is a detailed timeline of how things went south fast in Afghanistan.
Recently, a senior Chinese minister expressed his deep concern about the "complex and intricate" Afghan situation that terrorist groups including ISIS and Al-Qaeda are using to expand their presence in the region.
4 months into Taliban rule, Afghanistan is facing a looming economic meltdown and humanitarian catastrophe. Billions of dollars’ worth of country’s assets abroad, mostly in US, have been frozen and international funding to the country has ceased.
With the new directives, several dozen Afghan women on Tuesday protested against the new directives of the Taliban putting limitations on their movement. Women protestors said that the Islamic Emirate is keeping women away from society.
Referring to regional connectivity initiatives, the countries asserted that such projects should be based on the principles of transparency, broad participation, local priorities, financial sustainability and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries.
Officials of Sara-i-Shahzada, the largest money changers market in Afghanistan, were quoted by the government-run Bakhtar News Agency as saying that the value of $1 has dropped from 130 afghani to 102 afghani following a joint meeting of government officials and money changers with Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), the country's central bank on Wednesday, Xinhua reported.
A declaration released at the end of the Delhi Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan said Afghan territory should not be used for sheltering, training, planning or financing any terrorist acts and that officials lent strong support for a peaceful, secure and stable Afghanistan.
The flight was arranged under India's operation Devi Shakti, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.
The eyewitness said that the blast occured on Kabul's Fifth Taimani Street, Tolo News reported.
UNHCR has assisted some 7,00,000 displaced people across the country in 2021, the majority since mid-Aug. Every week, the agency is helping nearly 60,000 people, according to the statement.
The move announced by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhunzada came as poverty is surging in Afghanistan, following the religious militia's takeover in August that pushed out U.S. and international forces and led foreign governments to halt funds that had been a mainstay of the economy.
Tait, a Level 2 certified coach from Cricket Australia, had also signed up to be the bowling coach of Puducherry in Indian domestic cricket.
The attackers fled after the exchange of fire with the security forces. The soldiers were killed in exchange of gunfire, it said in a statement. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Taliban takeover led to a shut-off of international aid to the govt and the blocking of billions of dollars in Afghan assets held abroad, worsening an already crumbling economy.
The emigration ramped up after the Taliban's forceful take of the country, reported Khaama Press. Over half a million people in Afghanistan have been displaced this year, owing to conflicts and insecurities, says a report by United Nations' International Organization for Migration.
Ten countries have opened their embassies in Kabul, but the Islamic Emirate has only appointed new diplomats in Afghanistan's embassy in Pakistan.
Currently, Pakistan only allows Afghanistan to export goods to India but doesn’t allow any other two-way trade through the border crossing.
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