The head of a major humanitarian organisation said U.S. President Donald Trump's order to halt foreign aid for 90 days would have immediate and disastrous consequences in Afghanistan where relief operations are already stretched thin.

The head of a major international aid agency is warning that funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping the country’s women.

The Norwegian Refugee Council's Jan Egeland highlights that funding cuts are significantly impacting aid programs for Afghan women. With a drastic reduction in support, women face difficulties in accessing education and healthcare amidst sanctions and policy restrictions post-Taliban takeover.

A 90-day suspension of U.S. foreign aid by President Donald Trump risks severe consequences for Afghanistan. This decision challenges already strained relief operations amid Taliban-imposed restrictions on women's rights and foreign aid cuts post-2021.

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Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian ... well-being of Afghan women is (the lack of) education.” The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after ...

The head of a major humanitarian group, the Norwegian Refugee Council's Jan Egeland said U.S. President Donald Trump's order to halt foreign aid for 90 days would have immediate and disastrous consequences in Afghanistan where relief operations are already stretched thin.

A 90-day suspension of all aid, no new grants, no new transfer of funding, will have disastrous consequences immediately … for an already starved aid operation for very poor and vulnerable girls and women and civilians in Afghanistan,

The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid was cut off almost overnight.

Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said women and girls were bearing the brunt of dwindling financial support.

Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said women and girls were bearing the brunt of dwindling financial support for nongovernmental groups and humanitarian assistance to Afghan