UN sets up a special trust fund to provide urgently-needed cash directly to the Afghan people through a system that taps into donor funds frozen since the Taliban takeover
The United Nations has said it set up a special trust fund to provide urgently-needed cash directly to Afghans through a system tapping into donor funds frozen since the Taliban takeover in August.
Achim Steiner, the UN Development Programme's administrator said that Germany, a first contributor, had pledged $58 million to the fund, and that it was in touch with other donors to mobilise resources. "Because otherwise, we will confront indeed a scenario through this winter and into next year where millions and millions of Afghans are simply unable to stay on their land, in their homes, in their villages and survive. The implications of that are not difficult to understand," he said.
"Discussions over the last few weeks have focused on how we do find a way to be able to mobilise these resources in view of the economic implosion that is now unfolding and the international community's repeated commitment not to abandon the people of Afghanistan," he said.
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