What foreign aid cuts mean for Afghanistan

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published July 18, 2025 at 10:45 AM CDT

The House voted to claw back more than $8 billion that Congress had allocated for foreign aid, as the Trump Administration has moved to dramatically reduce foreign aid funding.

Here & Now‘s Asma Khalid looks at the impact of the cuts with Sherine Ibrahim, the Afghanistan country director for the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian aid group.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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