Donors pledge $1bn In Aid For Afghanistan

Donors have pledged more than a billion dollars to help Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have spiralled since the Taliban took power, and foreign aid has dried up, raising the spectre of a mass exodus.<br />UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, says it was impossible to say how much of the money had been promised in response to an emergency UN appeal for $606m to meet the most pressing needs of the country.<br />Guterres says that after decades of war, suffering and insecurity, Afghans are facing adding that the people of Afghanistan need a lifeline.<br />Guterres says the financial system at the moment is extremely limited, which means that a number of basic economic functions cannot be delivered.