Afghanistan receives $32 mln humanitarian grant from WB
- By Faiz Ullah Khan -
- Jan 11, 2022
KABUL: Afghanistan on Tuesday has received a humanitarian grant of $32 million from the World Bank (WB), confirmed Taliban sources.
As per details, the cash amount was transferred to Afghanistan’s central bank from the airport. The grant is the first tranche of $288 million grant approved by the WB for Afghanistan to avert the humanitarian crisis.
Afghanistan to get $288 million as a humanitarian grant from its seized funds from the WB in installments till the end of February, the sources said.
On May 28, WB had announced $400 million grant for Afghanistan that was later seized after the Taliban take over.
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