KABUL, Nov 18 (NNN-ANA) – The Ministry of Refugee Affairs of the Taliban caretaker government in Afghanistan, signed agreements with three leading aid agencies, in a bid to support hundreds of thousands of displaced families, ahead of winter, the ministry confirmed, yesterday.
The ministry said in a statement that, it has recently signed three memoranda of understanding with ACTED-Afghanistan, Organisation for Relief Development (ORD), and International Rescue Committee (IRC).
The total budget from the three aid organisations reaches more than nine million U.S. dollars, to provide aid for the war-displaced families, according to the statement.
Since the start of the year, over 634,000 people have been forcibly displaced by conflict.
About 5.5 million people have been displaced since 2012, according to official figures.– NNN-ANA
