EU allocates 1 billion euros in aid to Afghanistan

The European Union will provide around 1 billion euros in emergency aid to Afghanistan and neighboring countries.

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On October 12, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on her Twitter account that at an extraordinary G20 summit on Afghanistan held via videoconference at the initiative of the Italian presidency of the “Group of Twenty,” she would propose an EU aid package amounting to nearly 1 billion euros.

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“We must do everything in our power to avoid a large-scale humanitarian and socio-economic collapse in Afghanistan. We need to do this quickly,” von der Leyen stated.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that she does not officially recognize the Taliban government, but promised to allocate 600 million euros to Afghanistan and neighboring countries as humanitarian aid this year.

At the same time, the Taliban warned the international community that if sanctions continue, Afghanistan’s economy will collapse, and the migration crisis from Afghanistan will spiral out of control.