IOM Says EU Aid Reached More Than 393,000 Vulnerable Afghan Returnees

Afghanistan's child deaths are rising as food distributions face cuts, UN says

ROME | Child malnutrition has reached critical levels in a third of Afghanistan’s provinces and is expected to worsen as funding shortfalls force cuts in food distributions and other support, the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday. “We must act now to stem the rise in child deaths, which this crisis is provoking,” John Aylieff, WFP’s country director in Afghanistan, said in a statement, adding that “it is already too late for too many.” Afghan…

IOM Says EU Aid Reached More Than 393,000 Vulnerable Afghan Returnees

Photo/An IOM staff member assesses the needs of returnees at the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan/IOM/Mohammad Osman Azizi. More than 393,000 vulnerable Afghan returnees received humanitarian assistance through an EU-funded IOM programme between March 2025 and May 2026, as Afghanistan faced large-scale returns from neighbouring countries, repeated natural disasters and worsening humanitarian needs, the International Organ…

UN: 7.4 Million People Received Humanitarian Assistance in Afghanistan in First Half of 2026 – KabulNow

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says humanitarian organizations provided at least one form of assistance to 7.4 million people in Afghanistan between January and June 2026. In a report, OCHA said the level of coverage was significant given the amount of funding received for humanitarian operations. The post UN: 7.4 Million People Received Humanitarian Assistance in Afghanistan in…