it's happening less than a month after the taliban see control. un secretary general, antonio terry says he's concerned about the threat of a total collapse in basic services. half the afghan population is dependent on aid . the challenges of the aftermath of the war being compounded by an economic crisis, severe drought and covey. 19000000 people have been displaced. and on top of that, the u. s. for more than $9000000000.00 in assets after the tiny band took over and the world bank has also halted funding as bringing our diplomatic editor james base who joins us live from geneva, where that don't a conference will be held to view un saying, james, that it's a race against time to avert a crisis and i've got to stand tell us more about what they're hoping to achieve in geneva to day. yeah, they're look, they're looking for money for the next 4 months, but it's not really full months because the winter is coming very soon in afghanistan. that's why the u. n. c's this as a very urgent. that's why they're having this flash appeal, which is starting in just one hour from now. and one of the