Afghanistan, May 22 -- The US State Department's Refugee Office will assume responsibility for disaster aid previously managed by USAID, raising expert concerns.
Reuters reports that the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) has taken over responsibility for natural disaster aid previously managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) abroad. Experts say this new role is concerning due to the department's lack of expertise and sufficient human resources.
USAID has historically been one of the largest aid providers to Afghanistan, delivering substantial humanitarian assistance over the past decades. However, its activities in Afghanistan were largely halted following the return of th...