The U.S. has announced $308 million in new humanitarian assistance to help ease an urgent food and healthcare crisis in Taliban-led Afghanistan.

The United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, will direct the funds through independent aid organizations on the ground that work to provide emergency health, shelter and nutrition services in the country, Emily Horne, spokeswoman for the National Security Council said in a statement. The aid brings America’s total financial assistance in the country to nearly $782 million since October last year.

The announcement comes as the United Nations has warned that one of the worst humanitarian crises of all time is unfolding in Afghanistan. It said more than half the country’s nearly 40 million people are facing acute hunger and a million children could die as a harsh winter sets in. It has also said as much as 97% of Afghanistan’s population could be living in poverty by mid-2022, up from about 72% in 2020.

The UN’s 2022 Humanitarian Response Plan for Afghanistan, released earlier Tuesday, lays out the need for $4.4 billion in aid that would reach more than half of the population to “address immediate and catastrophic levels of need.”

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