The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says $18 million in emergency funding has been allocated to support aid operations in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
OCHA wrote on the social media platform X today, Tuesday, 14 Mehr, that the money has been allocated to Afghanistan from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).<\/p>\n
According to OCHA, the aid is being announced at a time when 21.9 million people in Afghanistan need humanitarian assistance, and only about 31% of the 2026 humanitarian appeal has been funded.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Tom Fletcher, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said the allocation of $160 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund had been approved to address 12 underfunded crises.<\/p>\n
He added on X that, of this total, $10 million has been set aside to ensure that people with disabilities are not left out of aid.<\/p>\n
Fletcher wrote: “87 million people are to be helped. There is no time to waste.” He also stressed that the world’s most neglected crises should not become forgotten crises.<\/p>\n
The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is one of the UN’s rapid financing mechanisms, used to respond quickly to emergencies and make up funding shortfalls in humanitarian crises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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