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World Food Program gave the largest UN aid to Afghanistan which amounted to $280,000,000 in fiscal year 2024. [4] Other UN agencies gave lesser amounts. According to a March 2024 publication by ProPublica based on a SIGAR report, the U.N. handed over $2.9 billion in cash to Afghanistan since the Taliban arrived at the helm in August 2021. [5]
Afghanistan is a World Bank Group member country. It has received financial support from the organization since 2002. The World Bank provides loans and grants to support its development and reconstruction efforts. The bank aims to help Afghanistan with matters such as poverty reduction, infrastructure development, education, and governance.
The organization claims to have assisted more than 220 million people survive humanitarian conflicts, seek improvements in livelihoods, and deliver durable development to their communities. [5] Mercy Corps proposes a mission to "alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities."
Afghanistan’s Taliban government accepted a $10 billion investment in the country’s mines last year. The funds came from a Chinese company, part of a years-long effort by the world’s second ...
The United Kingdom also “advises against all travel to Afghanistan.” In May 2024, three Spanish tourists were among four people killed when gunmen opened fire on a group of international ...
Amu TV is an independent satellite television channel owned and operated by Eye Media Group. The channel was launched on May 3, 2023, with the primary mission to inform, entertain, and educate Afghan society, providing a platform for independent and objective reporting amidst the challenging media landscape in Afghanistan.
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with the families of three Americans detained in Afghanistan by its Taliban rulers since 2022, and emphasized his commitment to bringing home Americans ...
In 2024, he called China an "existential threat to the US with the most rapid military build-up since the 1930s", and supported significant investments in the US Navy. [81] In a 2024 The Economist op-ed written together with Matthew Kroenig , Waltz argued for winding down conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine to free up military assets ...