US to provide nearly $55 mln more humanitarian aid for Afghanistan - Blinken
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28 June, 2022, 08:15 pm
Last modified: 28 June, 2022, 08:16 pm
Afghan people walk through the debris of damaged houses after the recent earthquake in Wor Kali village in the Barmal district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 25, 2022. Photo: Reuters
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said the United States would provide nearly $55 million in additional immediate humanitarian assistance in response to last week's Afghanistan earthquake.
The new funding brings total US humanitarian assistance to over $774 million in the last year, Blinken said.
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