RASC News Agency: The World Food Programme (WFP) has revealed that millions of individuals across Afghanistan received critical aid this year. In a recent statement on X, the organization detailed its support, including food distributions and cash assistance, aimed at combating hunger, stimulating local economies, and empowering communities. The WFP’s November report identified Afghanistan as one of 22 nations grappling with severe hunger crises, with 12.4 million people enduring “acute” levels of food insecurity. The organization underscored the dire circumstances facing Afghanistani families, many of whom remain uncertain about their next meal. In a video shared on November 7, the WFP disclosed that extreme poverty and hunger have forced some families to marry off their young daughters in desperation.
Simultaneously, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that 23.7 million Afghanistanis are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, including 9.2 million children. OCHA emphasized that the stringent restrictions on the fundamental rights and freedoms of women and girls are major impediments to improving humanitarian conditions in Afghanistan. Moreover, entrenched poverty, widespread food insecurity, malnutrition, prolonged internal displacement, contamination from explosive remnants of war, recurrent natural disasters, pandemics, climate change impacts, and political instability further exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in the country.
These interconnected challenges demand urgent international attention and robust interventions to alleviate human suffering and foster resilience among Afghanistan’s most vulnerable populations.
