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The US administration plans an additional $150 million for Afghanistan, State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Twitter.
According to him, the money will go to “supporting children and women in Afghanistan.” Of this, $80 million will be used to address food security issues, $40 million to support the “rights of Afghan children to education”, the rest will go to “increasing the participation of women and girls in the life of Afghan society”.< /p>
The funds will provided through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Recall that the Taliban captured Kabul in August last year and created their own government. Ashraf Ghani, who was the country's president at the time, left the country to “prevent the carnage”. After that, the American military contingent left the territory of Afghanistan.