Afghanistan: the nuts and bolts of the UN humanitarian plea

By Javier Delgado Rivera

A major funding appeal for Afghanistan took place on Monday in Geneva. A plea that drew aid pledges worth more than $1,2 billion, doubling the U.N.’s initial $606 million request to address the humanitarian needs of almost 11 million Afghans for the rest of the year. These are the needs the committed funds will help relieve, and the challenges aid faced now that cash is not an issue.