The US Agency for International Development (USAID) reversed course Tuesday and restored several of the World Food Programme’s lifesaving humanitarian aid contracts after canceling them over the ...

The U.S. has been the largest aid donor to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and to Yemen, most of which is controlled by Islamist militants of the Iran-backed Houthi movement. Both countries have suffered ...

Last weekend, all USAID contracts supporting humanitarian aid from WFP and other agencies in Afghanistan were canceled.

But she found a way to follow her dream. Starting in 2024, R.K. began taking online courses at the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF), thanks to a scholarship funded by the U.S. Agency for ...

American soft power is threatened as USAID pauses programs, says Kirsten Weeks, a global public health leader with over 25 ...

04/20/2025 April 20, 2025 The foreign aid agency USAID provided nearly half of the world's humanitarian relief before it was cut by the Trump administration. For the millions of Afghan children ...

Still, many of USAID’s humanitarian aid funding remains cut, including all of its remaining contracts for Afghanistan and Yemen aid. Bruce said Tuesday that “85% of previously existing USAID ...

The U.S. is canceling all remaining USAID contracts in Afghanistan, ending support for food, water, hygiene, and medical aid as the Trump administration moves to shut down the agency by July.

The warning follows the cancellation of foreign aid contracts by President Donald Trump’s administration, including to Afghanistan where more than half of the population needs humanitarian ...

In March, the World Health Organization announced more than 200 health care facilities had shut down, or suspended operationsin Afghanistan as a result of the Trump administration's funding freeze.

Two USAID officials said Jeremy Lewin ... a border town on the Pakistan and Afghanistan border, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Credit: AP A United Nations official said the decision to restore funding ...