EU Increases Aid Pledge to Afghanistan and Its Neighbours to 1 Billion Euros

An Afghan girl receives free bread distributed by the government, outside a bakery, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 3, 2020. Omar Sobhani/Reuters

BRUSSELS—The European Union will give an additional 700 million euros ($809.2 million) in emergency aid to Afghanistan and its neighboring countries, the European Commission said ahead of Tuesday’s Group of 20 Afghan summit.

The pledge takes the total commitment of new funding to 1 billion euros after the EU executive’s earlier promise of 300 million euros to help to prevent basic services in Afghanistan from collapsing and food from running out.