The European Union (EU) froze the economic assistance to Afghanistan in the amount of one billion euros for the next seven years. About this on Saturday, August 21, said the heads of the European Commission Ursula von der Lyien. Her words transmits TASS.
At the same time, she reported that the European Commission plans to expand the package of humanitarian aid for the republic beyond the planned 57 million euros.
August 15 “Taliban” (the movement is prohibited in Russia) announced the seizure of power in Afghanistan – this happened after the capture of the capital of Kabul. On the same day, the President of the country Ashraf Ghani left the republic. After what happened, thousands of Afghans tried to leave the territory of the country.
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