UK pledges extra £286m of emergency aid for Afghan

London: The United Kingdom (UK) is going to further donate £286 million of emergency aid to the Afghanistan for life-saving food and emergency health support.

The aid has been announced ahead of the UN Afghanistan Conference on March 31, which will bring together international allies to raise vital funds for humanitarian aid, officials said.

The UN is seeking to raise more than $4 billion – its largest ever appeal for a single country. The UN estimates that around 10 million children across Afghanistan urgently need humanitarian assistance to survive.