Israel donates $500,000 for Afghan refugees in Tajikistan

Israel has donated $500,000 to the United Nations for meals, medical assist and different help for Afghan refugees in Tajikistan, the Overseas Ministry stated Tuesday.

Alon Ushpiz, director common of the ministry, stated Israel is proud to be a part of the worldwide effort to assist Afghans who fled from the Taliban takeover of the nation in August.

Ushpiz stated the help was a part of Israel’s dedication to the worldwide group.

The donation got here the identical day the UN made what it referred to as a file enchantment to assist Afghanistan and its neighboring nations.

The UN stated 22 million folks inside Afghanistan and an extra 5.7 million displaced Afghans in 5 neighboring nations, about 15 % of Afghanistan’s inhabitants, wanted very important reduction this yr. Others proceed to trickle throughout the border, UNHCR stated, whereas noting that an estimated 175,000 have returned to the nation for the reason that Taliban takeover.

The enchantment seeks $4.4 billion for UN’s Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and its companions, plus $623 million for the UN’s refugee company, UNHCR.

“A full-blown humanitarian disaster looms. My message is pressing: don’t shut the door on the folks of Afghanistan,” stated UN assist chief Martin Griffiths.

“Assist us scale up and stave off widespread starvation, illness, malnutrition and finally demise.”

For the reason that Taliban hardline Islamist motion seized management in mid-August as the USA ended its 20-year battle in Afghanistan, the nation has plunged into monetary chaos, with inflation and unemployment surging.

The UN assist cash will go to 160 NGOs plus UN companies delivering assist. Some shall be used to pay frontline staff similar to healthcare workers — however not through the Taliban administration.

UN refugees chief Filippo Grandi stated the help bundle’s aim was to stabilize the state of affairs inside Afghanistan, together with for internally displaced folks, thereby stopping an extra flood of migrants fleeing throughout the nation’s borders.

“That motion of individuals shall be tough to handle, within the area and past, as a result of it is not going to cease on the area,” he stated.

“If these efforts aren’t profitable, we should ask for $10 billion subsequent yr, not $5 billion.”

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