US EditionMillions facing acute food insecurity in Afghanistan as winter looms, UN warns
Over one-third of Afghanistan’s population faces severe food insecurity, with only 2.7% receiving aid and 1 million children needing hospital treatment, the U.N. World Food Programme said.
- Kabul, Dec 16: The U.N. World Food Programme said over 17 million Afghans face acute food insecurity, with aid reaching only 2.7%, and needs over $460 million to assist six million vulnerable people.
- Amid reduced international funding since 2021, returnees from Iran and Pakistan have increased pressure, with more than 2.5 million returnees this year straining Afghanistan's absorption capacity.
- The IPC found more than 17 million Afghans face crisis-level hunger, with 4.7 million people at emergency levels and almost 4 million children, including 1 million severely malnourished.
- Food assistance reaches only 2.7% of the Afghan population, and agencies warn child deaths are likely to rise during freezing months when food is scarcest.
- The report says the worst period runs through to March 2026, with spring harvest hopes in April, but child malnutrition and funding cuts limit treatment access.
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The Express Tribune
UN warns 17m Afghans risk food insecurity
The number of people facing acute food insecurity in Afghanistan this winter is on the rise, and now stands at more than 17 million, the United Nations warned Tuesday. "The situation is getting worse, and we need to act now as Afghanistan is entering the winter period where needs are highest," said Jean-Martin Bauer, director of food security and nutrition analysis at the UN's World Food Programme. More than 17 million people are facing acute fo…
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Millions facing acute food insecurity in Afghanistan as winter looms, UN warns
The leading international authority on hunger crises and the U.N. food aid agency are warning that more than 17 million people in Afghanistan are facing crisis levels of hunger in the coming winter months.
According to the organization, more than 17 million people are at risk of hunger this winter.
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