The World Bank has become the latest international organization to pause aid disbursements to Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover.
, who have also frozen development funds to the Middle Eastern nation in the wake of the Taliban takeover.
She added that the EU has 1 billion euros set aside for the next seven years for Afghanistan. "It is frozen until we have solid guarantees and credible actions on the ground that the conditions are being met," she said. "This will help meet the urgent needs of Afghans both in Afghanistan but also of course in the neighboring host countries," von der Leyen also said.
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