U.S. to provide nearly $55 million more humanitarian aid for Afghanistan - Blinken

FILE PHOTO: Afghan people collect water from a water handpump after the recent earthquake in Wor Kali village in the Barmal district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 25, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said the United States would provide nearly $55 million in additional immediate humanitarian assistance in response to last week's Afghanistan earthquake.

The new funding brings total U.S. humanitarian assistance to over $774 million in the last year, Blinken said.

(Reporting By Paul Grant; Editing by Chris Gallagher)