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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.
Executive Order 14064, officially titled Protecting Certain Property of Da Afghanistan Bank for the Benefit of the People of Afghanistan, was signed on February 11, 2022 and is the 80th executive order signed by U.S. President Joe Biden. The goal of the order is providing humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people by using frozen assets.
September 22 – Iran summons the acting head of Afghanistan's embassy after saying that a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country's national anthem by not standing during a performance of the anthem, days after a similar incident occurred in Pakistan. The Afghan delegate apologizes, claiming that this was because the public ...
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 ...
Reviewed annually, this mandate has been altered over time to reflect the needs of the country and was extended for one year, on 15 March 2024, by the UN Security Council Resolution 2727 (2024). Resolution 2678 (2023) Stressing the important role that the United Nations will continue to play in promoting peace and stability in Afghanistan.
The Taliban says people in Afghanistan on previous government's visas can stay for now. August 5, 2024 at 12:20 PM. ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Monday it would allow ...
The Afghan National Solidarity Programme (NSP) was an initiative by the government of Afghanistan which aims to rehabilitate and develop around 5 000 villages in Afghanistan. The programme has been funded by $600 million ( USD ) and, over three years, hopes to develop local democratically elected institutions which will identify, plan and ...