Just 25% of the $3.23bn needed for the UN humanitarian response plan has been raised. Women and girls will be hit worst by this shortfall

Two years ago today, international troops and diplomats hastily withdrew from Kabul and Taliban rule returned to Afghanistan.

Afghanistan was already in the grip of a humanitarian crisis, after decades of conflict and with the intensifying impact of climate change. Since then, the significant deterioration of the country’s economy has turned that crisis into a catastrophe.

This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian.