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The World Food Program has warned that malnutrition rates in Afghanistan are at a record high at a time when half the country is suffering from severe hunger.
And the Associated Press quoted Philip Krupf, a spokesman for the United Nations program in Kabul, as saying today: “Half of the Afghan population suffers from severe hunger throughout the year, regardless of the season, and malnutrition rates have reached a record level. There are seven million children under the age of five and their mothers suffering.” from malnutrition.”
He added, "The Afghans..." are not starving, but they have no resources left to stave off the humanitarian crisis.
In a statement published yesterday, the UN program warned that about “6 million Afghans will be on the brink of famine-like conditions in 2023, and that nearly 20 million people will suffer this year.”
The current food crisis is exacerbated by a simultaneous climate crisis, and 30 out of 34 districts in Afghanistan have reported very low water quality. The proportion of households feeling the impact of drought in 2022 is 6 times higher than in 2020, as Afghanistan enters its third year of drought in a row.
The World Food Program has expanded its delivery and distribution of aid in anticipation of the harsh winter and plans to reach 15 million people this month, supporting them with emergency food assistance.
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