Aussies Donate More Than $1 Million to Red Cross For Afghan Aid

Taliban extremists stand guard along a street during a demonstration by people to condemn the recent protest by the Afghan women's rights activists, in Kabul, on Jan. 21, 2022. Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images

Australians have donated more than a million dollars to help the work of the Red Cross in Afghanistan, where assistance includes providing money to keep female-led households alive amid Taliban rule.

Australian Red Cross Head of International Humanitarian Programs Adrian Prouse said Afghanistan was experiencing a “man-made catastrophe”.