Fabrice COFFRINI

This photograph taken in Bern on October 30, 2024, shows a tree losing its leaves next to the Swiss House of Parliament on a autumnal foggy day. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)

The United Nations exhorted the world on Monday to raise 6 million for Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger are spiraling since the Taliban took power and billions in foreign aid have dried up amid Western distrust of the Islamist militants.