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More than US$5 billion aid sought for Afghans

Afghanistan needs more than $5 billion in aid to avert looming humanitarian and economic crises, the United Nations said in its largest-ever such appeal.

People receiving humanitarian aid in Kunduz, Afghanistan
People receiving humanitarian aid in Kunduz, Afghanistan (AN/Wanman Uthmaniyyah)

GENEVA (AN) — The United Nations launched a campaign to raise more than US$5 billion in aid for the tens of millions of Afghans living in or fleeing their nation since the Taliban seized power in August of last year.

U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths called it "the largest ever appeal" by the world body with the goal of helping more than 22 million people in Afghanistan and 5.7 million Afghan refugees who fled to five neighboring countries.

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