RASC News Agency: The European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Office says that two years after the Taliban regained control, the people of Afghanistan are in urgent need of humanitarian aid and the country is dealing with an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.
This department published a report on Wednesday, August 16, saying that in the current year, 28.3 million people or two thirds of the Afghanistani population need urgent humanitarian aid to survive.
According to the report, more than 17 million people are facing acute hunger in 2023, including six million people at emergency levels of food insecurity and facing famine.
This institution added that it cooperates with the non-governmental organization (People in Need); to support the most vulnerable families with cash assistance, water supply restoration, health and nutrition sessions and other sectors.
The Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Union has stated that Afghanistan is still at high risk of natural disasters, the frequency and intensity of which will be exacerbated by climate change.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that the reduction of 1.3 billion dollars in the budget of this organization will cause a number of vulnerable citizens in Afghanistan to face hunger, disease and even death in the cold season.
Earlier, the Norwegian Refugee Council had warned of the spread of malnutrition in 25 provinces of Afghanistan.
Yen Egland, the secretary general of this council, wrote on the X/Twitter network that currently 15.2 million people in Afghanistan are facing acute food insecurity.
Eggland has warned that if the funding shortfall is not addressed, there is a real risk that the agency’s food aid programs will end later this year.
