International donors on Monday pledged more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid to support Afghanistan grappling with an acute economic crisis after the Taliban (banned in Russia) takeover, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at a ministerial meeting in Geneva on the situation in the country
UNITED NATIONS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 13th September, 2021) International donors on Monday pledged more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid to support Afghanistan grappling with an acute economic crisis after the Taliban (banned in Russia) takeover, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at a ministerial meeting in Geneva on the situation in the country.
"We already heard clearly more than 1 billion US Dollars of pledges," Guterres said.
Last week, the United Nations had launched an emergency appeal seeking $606 million in aid for Afghanistan.
