UK to host Afghan fundraising summit
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LONDON: Britain said on Tuesday it would co-host a virtual UN summit aimed at raising billions to avert a “devastating” humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power.
With the fundamentalist regime now denied access to Western funds, the United Nations says more than 24 million Afghans need urgent help to survive, and half the population is facing acute hunger.
The UN said last month that $4.4 billion was needed, as it launched its largest appeal yet for a single country.
Donor countries, UN agencies and Afghan civil society organisations are set to take part in the online event next month, the UK government and UN said in a joint statement, without giving a date.
Published in Dawn, February 16th, 2022
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Feb 16, 2022 08:01am
UK has never been friend of Muslims, it was never sincere to us
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Feb 16, 2022 12:14pm
@Multani, What does the word " friend" mean ? But you have right of your opinion which much different than facts.
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Feb 16, 2022 12:48pm
@Multani
Then why are Muslims are flocking to the UK and other western countries and not to Islamic countries.
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Feb 16, 2022 04:35pm
Finally, but slowly, the conscience of world's "movers and shakers" is pricking them and forcing them to help the well deserving land and people of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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Feb 16, 2022 06:20pm
Only the infidels are there to help suffering Muslims.
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