UK and Germany Send Over $40 Million to Afghanistan Amid Funding Shortfalls

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – The World Food Program (WFP) announces that the UK has donated £28.7 million ($36.5 million) in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) confirms Germany’s contribution of €5 million ($5.4 million) to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund.

In a statement on Monday, February 5, WFP announced that the UK’s contribution will go toward supporting WFP’s emergency response for food-insecure families and treating malnourished young children, pregnant women, and breastfeeding mothers across the country.