Washington will cut off all foreign aid except for emergency food and military to Israel and Egypt
According to the statement, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered the immediate suspension of many of the country's aid projects around the world in various sectors, including health, education, anti-corruption, and others.
However, the ministry has not only canceled specific emergency food programs for people experiencing famine.
US President Donald Trump announced during his inauguration that he would sign a number of executive orders; and the order to cancel US foreign aid was among the orders he signed in his first presidency.
The order also includes the cancellation of US financial aid to Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Republicans have previously repeatedly criticized the sending of this aid to the Taliban, saying that this aid ends up in the hands of the Taliban.
Previously, Trump has criticized the US government's billion-dollar aid to Afghanistan, saying that we will not give them money unless the group returns US military equipment.
The US State Department announced in a statement that all foreign aid projects of the country, except for emergency food programs and military assistance to Israel and Egypt, will be suspended.
Farzana Ahmadi
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