UN raises $2.44B for Afghan aid as international concerns grows over the Taliban denying girls a secondary education.
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Ahead of the drive, Britain pledged 286 million pounds for Afghanistan, where six of every 10 Afghans need aid, much of it food. U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths, speaking from Doha, Qatar, after talks with the Taliban in Kabul this week, said: “I had the firm impression that the door for dialogue with the de facto authorities remains open, they want to find a constructive way to work with us.
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