U.S. to provide nearly $55 million more humanitarian aid for Afghanistan – Blinken

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said the United States would provide nearly $55 million in additional immediate humanitarian assistance in response to last week’s Afghanistan earthquake.

The new funding brings total U.S. humanitarian assistance to over $774 million in the last year, Blinken said.

(Reporting By Paul Grant; Editing by Chris Gallagher)