KABUL (Pajhwok): The International community has pledged more than $1 billion in assistance to Afghanistan where poverty and unemployment have sharply spiked.
After decades of war, suffering and insecurity, the Afghans are facing perhaps their most perilous hour, the UN secretary-general told a conference in Geneva on Monday.
In his opening remarks at the ministerial conference on Afghanistan, Antonio Guterres said: “The people of Afghanistan need a lifeline.”
Speaking to reporters after the event, Guterres said the UN could not yet determine how much money had been pledged in response to its direct appeal for $606 million.
Ahmadullah Wasiq . . .
