As of December 31, 2024, the United States had appropriated approximately $148.38 billion for reconstruction in Afghanistan since fiscal year (FY) 2002. This total has been allocated as follows:
- $88.89 billion for security (including $4.60 billion for counternarcotics initiatives)
- $35.91 billion for governance and development (including $4.25 billion for counternarcotics initiatives)
- $7.25 billion for humanitarian aid
- $16.33 billion for civilian operations
U.S. appropriations following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, for the period FY 2022 to FY 2025 through December 31, 2024, are presented in the following figure.
- Total appropriations reached more than $3.63 billion.
- The six largest assistance accounts comprised $3.03 billion of the total.
- International Disaster Assistance (IDA) and Migration and Refugee Assistance (MRA), the two humanitarian accounts, accounted for nearly $2.63 billion, or 72%, of the total amount.
- Congress appropriated $100.00 million to the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund (ASFF) in January 2022 to provide additional funds to settle ASFF-funded contracts originally obligated before the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
- In addition to the six largest accounts, appropriations of $597.68 million were made to another 10 accounts for a variety of programming purposes and for agency operating costs.
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U.S. appropriations for Afghanistan reconstruction prior to withdrawal spanned the FY 2002 to FY 2021 period and amounted to nearly $144.75 billion. U.S. assistance following the U.S. withdrawal in FY 2022, FY 2023, and FY 2025 through December 31, 2024, has amounted to more than $3.63 billion. The accounts to which U.S. appropriations were made available in these two periods, are set forth in the following table, U.S. Appropriations Made Available for Afghanistan Reconstruction Pre- and Post-Withdrawal, as of December 31, 2024.
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Annual appropriations by fiscal year from 2002 through 2025 are presented in the following table, Annual U.S. Appropriations Made Available for Afghanistan Reconstruction Pre- and Post-Withdrawal, as of December 31, 2024.
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