INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The United Nations (UN) has called for $3 billion in cash aid to Afghanistan and said the gap needs to be filled by next winter.The
organization made the largest request for assistance to Afghanistan in early 2022, saying it needed a total of $5 billion to address the
needs of Afghans.Of this, $600 million was requested to address needy Afghans in neighboring countries and $4.4 billion for citizens inside
Afghanistan.The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says it has so far raised only $1.4 billion and there is a huge gap.According to the
agency, most of the aid came from the United States, the Asian Development Bank and the European Commission.According to the report, access
to food is a top priority for Afghanistan.Heather Barr, an associate director of the Women&s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, told
RFE/RL that the lack of interaction between the Islamic Emirate and the world has worsened Afghanistan&s economic situation.Humanitarian aid
is very important, but a country cannot rely on it alone
There is still a very long delay
No agreement has been reached between the Taliban (Islamic Emirate) and Western donors, especially the United States, to reactivate
Afghanistan&s economy,& Barr said.The United Nations estimates that 19.8 million people in Afghanistan are in urgent need of food aid
Among them, 1.1 million young children in Afghanistan are at risk of death.The post UN needs $3 billion in cash aid for Afghanistan before
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