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Malnutrition stalks the most vulnerable in Afghanistan as aid cuts leave millions helpless
WFP says funding cuts have left the agency with just 12% of its 2022 budget, forcing clinics to turn away six in seven malnourished patients.
- John Aylieff, Afghanistan country director for the World Food Program, reported that 19 million people—nearly 40% of the population—face acute hunger in the coming months.
- Spiraling hunger stems from a sharp decline in international aid and yearlong border closures with Pakistan, compounded by economic instability following the Taliban's 2021 seizure of power and the U.S.-led coalition's withdrawal.
- At the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Dr. Mohammad Arif Hassanzai reported the hospital's 20-bed malnutrition ward remains full, with funding shortages preventing expansion to accommodate severe cases.
- The World Food Program operates with just 12% of its 2022 funding, forcing staff to turn away six out of seven acutely malnourished children—a situation Aylieff called "an international scandal."
- In the next year, 5.3 million women and children will require treatment for acute malnutrition, a figure 1.3 million higher than in 2022, reflecting the crisis's deepening scale.
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Leaning Left8Leaning Right0Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution80% Left
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