WFP Seeks $555 Million To Avert Hunger Crisis In Afghanistan
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for $555 million to support Afghanistan’s most vulnerable families through August.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for $555 million to support Afghanistan’s most vulnerable families through August.
The UN agency warned that nearly four years after the Taliban’s return to power the country’s economy is collapsing and hunger now threatens one-third of the population.
In a statement issued on Sunday, 25 May, the WFP said it faces a funding shortfall that limits its ability to reach only six million people, leaving more than eight million Afghans without life-saving assistance.
The agency highlighted that two thirds of female-headed households struggle to meet basic nutritional needs, a situation exacerbated by Taliban-imposed restrictions on women’s education and public participation.
“The climate crisis has further damaged farmland and homes across many regions,” the WFP noted, stressing that sudden floods and severe droughts now put millions more livelihoods at risk.
Without the requested funds, the WFP warned, millions of Afghans will go without adequate food, deepening the humanitarian emergency in a nation already beset by conflict and economic hardship.
