US President Extends National Emergency About Afghanistan, Citing Wider Humanitarian Crisis

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – The US President, Joe Biden, in a letter to the US Congress, extends the national emergency indefinitely after it expires on February 11, 2024. 

In the letter, President Biden cites the widespread humanitarian crisis and the risk of a worsening economic collapse in Afghanistan as a source of threat to US interest thus justifying the extension of the national emergency.