{"id":1181,"date":"2021-06-05T13:10:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T13:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shahed.news\/en\/?p=1181"},"modified":"2021-06-05T13:10:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T13:10:58","slug":"u-s-announces-266-million-in-new-aid-to-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shahed.news\/en\/2021\/06\/05\/u-s-announces-266-million-in-new-aid-to-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Announces $266 Million In New Aid To Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said his country will provide about $266 million in aid to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Blinken said on Friday that American people were helping Afghanistan&#8217;s international humanitarian partners to support some 18 million people in need in Afghanistan, especially those displaced.<\/p>\n<p>He tweeted that, For many years, the United States has prioritized support for Afghan returnees, refugees, and displaced persons. $266 million in new U.S. humanitarian assistance is the latest concrete example of our deep commitment to a peaceful, stable future for Afghanistan and its people.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary of State also stated in a statement that the new US $266 million package of US humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan will assist Afghanistan&#8217;s international partners in providing shelter, livelihood opportunities, emergency food assistance, water and health care.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, he called on the Afghan government and Taliban to step up their efforts to reach a political agreement and a ceasefire so that refugees and displaced persons can return to their homes.<br \/>\nWith the announcement of a new $266 million package, total US humanitarian aid to Afghanistan has reached $3.9 billion since 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said his country will provide about $266 million in aid to Afghanistan. Mr Blinken said on Friday that American people were helping Afghanistan&#8217;s international humanitarian partners to support some 18 million people in need in Afghanistan, especially those displaced. He tweeted that, For many years, the United States [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afg_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahed.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahed.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahed.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahed.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahed.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shahed.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1183,"href":"https:\/\/shahed.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181\/revisions\/1183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahed.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahed.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahed.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahed.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}