UN, partners seek funds for Afghanistan at donors conference

Top officials including U.N. secretary-general and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were taking part in a largely virtual pledging conference for Afghanistan on Tuesday, latest effort to drum up aid and support for a country where Taliban fighters are making inros against government.

garing in Geneva, co-hosted by Finland, was expected to draw diplomats, civil society vocates and international organizations from over 70 countries in first such event in four years.

“Today is day to reaffirm our solidarity with people of Afghanistan,” said Tatiana Valovaya, he of U.N. office in Geneva that is co-hosting conference.

pledging conference, overshowed in part by COVID-19 pandemic, seeks to lay out objectives for next four years for Afghanistan is expected to generate billions for poor and insurrection-wracked nation.

(Im credit: AP)