A White House official stated on Tuesday that the US will donate around $308 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, as well as extra COVID-19 vaccination doses. The United States remains “the single largest donor of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan,” according to National Security Council (NSC) spokeswoman Emily Horne, and the latest donation brings American aid to the impoverished country and Afghan refugees in the region to nearly $782 million since the war’s chaotic end. “The new humanitarian assistance by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will directly flow through independent humanitarian organizations and help provide lifesaving protection and shelter, essential health care, winterization assistance, emergency food aid, water, sanitation, and hygiene services in response to the growing humanitarian needs exacerbated by COVID-19 and healthcare shortages, drought, malnutrition, and the winter season,” Horne said. Meanwhile, one million COVID-19 … Continue reading Biden Administration is Donating More Than $300 Million to Afghanistan.