Japan has approved an additional $19.5 million in humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan, the Japanese government said on Friday, as the country continues to grapple with widespread poverty and a prolonged humanitarian crisis.
The aid will support humanitarian relief and basic human needs and will be delivered through United Nations agencies, international organisations and Japanese non-governmental organisations, the Japanese embassy said in a post on X.
Japan’s latest pledge brings its total assistance to Afghanistan to more than $549 million since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, according to the statement.
Afghanistan remains one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises, with the United Nations estimating that millions of Afghans depend on international aid amid economic collapse, high unemployment and funding shortfalls affecting relief operations.
