CHINA-AFGHANISTAN: CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER ANNOUNCES US$ 31 MILLION EMERGENCY AID TO AFGHANISTAN'S TALIBAN GOVERNMENT
Reuters (September 9) reported that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had promised to provide
nearly US$ 31 million emergency funding to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The emergency aid
will include food, winter weather supplies, vaccines, and medicine. Wang Yi also announced a
donation of 3 million vaccine doses to Afghanistan. He simultaneously called on Taliban to crack
down on terrorism and build an “inclusive political structure".
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