The Afghan government has approved a contribution of one million US dollars to an emergency fund established by SAARC countries to tackle coronavirus.
“The Afghan Government has just approved a contribution of One Million USD to the COVID-19 Emergency Fund as per the discussions in SAARC heads of nations VTC, believing in joint collaboration, and strengthening partnership to fight this pandemic,” presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqi said on Twitter.
Addressing SAARC leaders via video on March 15, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had proposed the emergency fund with an initial offer of $10 million from India for the purpose.
Afghanistan has confirmed 24 cases of coronavirus in the country.
