πAirbnb offered free housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees globally on Tuesday and sought more assistance from hosts who rent property through the home-sharing company.
π ΊβThe displacement and resettlement of Afghan refugees in the U.S. and elsewhere is one of the biggest humanitarian crises of our time. We feel a responsibility to step up," said CEO Brian Chesky on Twitter. βI hope this inspires other business leaders to do the same. There's no time to waste."
κ¦ΊThe UN Refugee Agency said last month that an estimated 270,000 Afghans had been newly displaced inside the country since January β primarily due to insecurity and violence β bringing the total uprooted population to over 3.5 million.
π White House officials said 28 U.S. military flights ferried about 10,400 people to safety out of Taliban-held Afghanistan over 24 hours that ended early Monday morning, and 15 C-17 flights over the next 12 hours brought out another 6,660.
