THE HAGUE (Netherlands): The Dutch government is donating 10 million euros to fund aid such as food, clean drinking water and medical supplies for Afghans.
The foreign ministry said Sunday, August 22, 2021, the money will go to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund that can be tapped by United Nations organizations and NGOs working in Afghanistan.
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Tom De Bruijn says “we want to support the Afghan population under these difficult circumstances.”
Meanwhile, the Dutch defence ministry said a plane it chartered arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday, carrying 160 passengers from Afghanistan. It did not disclose the nationalities of the evacuees.