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Conference participants on Afghanistan pledged over $ 1 billion in aid

António Guterres (left) and his deputy for humanitarian affairs Martin Griffiths

Funds in the amount of more than $ 1.2 billion will be directed to projects for the development of Afghanistan and as humanitarian assistance.

Participants in the UN international conference, held in Geneva, have pledged to allocate more than $ 1.2 billion to aid Afghanistan. This was stated by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, summing up the interim results of the donor meeting on Afghanistan, writes TASS.

“We have already received more than $ 1 billion in promises,” he said.

Guterres also called such results evidence of the “great generosity” of the conference participants.

The funds are planned to be directed to projects for the development of the country and as humanitarian aid.

Meanwhile, it became known that in Afghanistan Taliban execute people… They also began to publicly beat women.

Earlier, the head of the White House Joe Biden said about the US mistake in Afghanistan… According to him, 70% of Americans today support the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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