JEDDAH: The Islamic Development Bank has approved the setting up of the Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund.

IsDB officials gave the green light to the fund, that will be administered by the bank, during a virtual meeting on Sunday chaired by its president, Dr. Muhammad Al-Jasser.

Foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation entrusted the bank to establish and operationalize the fund to serve as a vehicle to channel humanitarian and development assistance to Afghanistan.