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How pause in US foreign aid is impacting South, Central Asia

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U.S. government agencies must decide by April 30 to keep, change or end foreign aid programs.

President Donald Trump 's administration suspended foreign aid two weeks ago .

The impact has been wide-ranging across South Asia , Pakistan , Bangladesh and Afghanistan .

The White House issued a list of USAID programs involving "waste and abuse" in Serbia , Colombia and Egypt .

In Central Asia , nearly every USAID-funded program and initiative has been stopped, local reports say.

USAID programs have long faced allegations of waste and abuse, with numerous examples uncovered by the agency's own inspector general.

The State Department did not respond to a VOA question about the current status of U.S.-funded aid operations.

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