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A humanitarian catastrophe looms over Afghanistan

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The Need for Aid Is Real and Immense

Afghanistan is poor, and the majority live on two dollars a day. That hasn't changed much since the takeover by the toliban. The foreign governments were underwriting public salaries. 75 % of public salaries were paid for by foreign grants. Forty three percent of the g p of the country is propped up by foreign funds. It's much it has been pulled out.

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