Retuers reveals World Bank backs using $280 mln in frozen aid funds for Afghanistan
Reuters was first to report that the World Bank’s board has backed transferring $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two […] The post Retuers reveals World Bank backs using $280 mln in frozen aid funds for Afghanistan appeared first on Reuters News Agency.
Reuters was first to report that the World Bank’s board has backed transferring $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two aid agencies to help Afghanistan cope with a brewing humanitarian crisis after the U.S. withdrawal. Afghanistan’s 39 million people face a cratering economy, a winter of food shortages and growing poverty three months after the Taliban seized power as the last U.S. troops withdrew from 20 years of war.
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