UK Will Pay to Shelter Refugees in Countries Neighbouring Afghanistan

Siblings who arrived from Afghanistan with their families are seen at their makeshift tents as they take refuge near a railway station in Chaman, Pakistan, on Sept. 1, 2021. Saeed Ali Achakzai/Reuters

LONDON—Britain said on Friday it would release £30 million ($41 million) of aid to support nations neighbouring Afghanistan dealing with refugees fleeing the country since the Taliban took control.

The British government said £10 million ($13 million) would immediately be made available to the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR and other humanitarian groups to help with shelters and sanitation facilities at the borders.