Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The Morrison government will maintain our support for the people of Afghanistan through this crisis and beyond in the coming years, working closely with other donors to identify and respond to the most pressing needs. Our $50 million bilateral program will focus on the immediate crisis and increasingly on humanitarian outcomes, including in response to the current drought, and on internal displacement, COVID-19 and economic stability, all factors exacerbating the situation in Afghanistan right now.

We are working closely with our longstanding partners, including the World Food Programme, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Population Fund. We have committed $5 million to the UNHCR supplementary appeal to assist internally displaced Afghanis and support those neighbouring countries hosting Afghani refugees. We will continue to work with the international community to hold the Taliban to account and to support the people of Afghanistan.