INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The European Union recently announced a new aid package of 210 million euros for fifteen countries, including Afghanistan.The EU said in a
newsletter that 75 million euros, of this amount, has been allocated to address the severe food shortage in Afghanistan.According to the EU,
this monetary aid package is supposed to be spent for the purpose of combating food insecurity, providing assistance to victims of natural
disasters and winter needs for the people of Afghanistan.The newsletter said that the rest of the money was allocated to the countries of
Mali, Niger, Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.The newsletter states that
24 million people in Afghanistan do not have access to enough food.Meanwhile, two days ago, Thomas Niklasen, the EU&s special representative
for Afghanistan, said that the EU is committed to continuing its assistance to the people.Republishing a tweet of the World Food Program in
Afghanistan, Niklasen said that the aid of this union continues to this country through international organizations and non-governmental
organizations.The post 75 million euros in aid from EU for Afghan people first appeared on Ariana News.
