EU delivers €400,000 aid for flood-hit Afghans

KABUL (Pajhwok): The European Union on Tuesday announced providing €400,000 (over 30 million afghanis) in aid to victims of recent flooding in northern Afghanistan.

The humanitarian aid would be used to provide immediate emergency assistance to affected people in Baghlan, Badakhshan and Takhar provinces, EU said in a statement.

The assistance, to be delivered by EU humanitarian partners ACTED and DACAAR, will include an emergency multi-sectoral response through cash as well as access to clean water, emergency sanitation and hygiene supplies.

The EU has been funding humanitarian operations in Afghanistan since 1994, providing close to €1.8 billion in funding. Last year alone, the EU mobilised €159 million in humanitarian funding.

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