The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan needs $500 million to help Afghans who are on the brink of death from hunger and cold survive this winter. Ariana News reports this.
According to the UN, 15.8 million people in Afghanistan will need food and survival supplies this winter, including shelter and warm clothing. Assistance should be provided within the next three months.
OCHA previously estimated the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan at 23.7 million people. The humanitarian response program is currently underfunded by $2.3 billion. In recent months, natural disasters, especially heavy rains and devastating floods, have increased needs in Afghanistan.
As reported EADaily immediately after the change of government in Afghanistan and the resumption of the Taliban regime* In August 2021, Washington blocked about $7 billion in funds from the Afghan Central Bank, and about $2 billion more was blocked in the accounts of US satellite countries. This money has not yet been returned; It was simply stolen from the Afghans, in the traditional way of Western “democracies.”
*Terrorist organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.
