The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan (SIGAR) said in a report that the US has appropriated $2.02 billion of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.

SIGAR in its recent report titled “High Risk” said that the US remains the largest humanitarian donor to Afghanistan.

“The United States remains the largest donor to Afghanistan. As such, the United States has managed over the past year and a half to help stave off famine and the complete collapse of the country’s health care system,” the report said. “Since the withdrawal, the US government has appropriated $2.02 billion so far for humanitarian and development efforts in Afghanistan, and also transferred $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank reserves to a fund created to stabilize Afghanistan’s economy and ultimately recapitalize their central bank once it meets certain conditions.”

Economists meanwhile suggested that the aid will be effective if efforts are made for the creation of job opportunities for citizens.

“We need to implement the international aid as economic aid to have production. Whenever production begins, it requires jobs and this also results in income from the markets,” said Sayed Masoud, an economist.

“This aid is below the poverty scale which Afghanistan is facing now and is not enough. But it has been still effective in some economic fields of Afghanistan, including the prevention of complete collapse of the economic system of Afghanistan and the health sector,” said Mir Shikib Mir, an economist.

SIGAR said the UN has issued the largest appeal for a single country in its history for another $4.6 billion that will, among other things, feed about 28.3 million Afghans, or two-thirds of the population. Yet "Taliban interference" with NGOs and UN operations has placed this assistance at greater risk than ever before, said SIGAR.