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EU announces 1bn euro aid package for Afghanistan
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BRUSSELS, 13 October 2021, (TON): The European Union (EU) pledged a one billion euro aid package for Afghanistan “to avert a major humanitarian and socio-economic collapse” the bloc's chief Ursula von der Leyen said.
A statement said “the money adds 250 million euros to a 300m euro sum the EU previously announced for urgent humanitarian needs, with the remainder going to Afghanistan's neighbouring countries taking in Afghans fleeing Taliban rul.”
Von der Leyen made the pledge at a virtual G20 summit hosted by Italy, dedicated to discussing the humanitarian and security situation in Afghanistan.
Her statement stressed that the EU funds are “direct support” for Afghans and would be channelled to international organisations working on the ground, not to the Taliban's interim government which Brussels does not recognise.
Meanwhile, EU development aid different from humanitarian aid remains frozen.
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