U.N. seeks stronger Afghanistan aid funding despite concerns on Taliban

FILE PHOTO: An internally displaced man, who is working as a street food vendor wheels his cart in Sarai Shamali IDP'S camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 31, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

(Reuters) - The United Nations is seeking $4.4 billion for Afghanistan at an international virtual event on Thursday in the largest humanitarian appeal launched for a single country even as concerns mount over Taliban rule.

Ahead of the drive, Britain pledged 286 million pounds ($374 million) for Afghanistan, where six out of every 10 Afghans need aid, much of it food, amid an economic crisis worsened by a financial aid cutoff following the Taliban takeover in August.