US EditionUN warns US aid cuts threaten millions of Afghans with famine
- The US decided to reduce food assistance to fourteen nations, including Afghanistan, according to WFP this week.
- The WFP faces a 40% global funding drop this year, worsening existing funding declines for Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan, led by the Taliban, is already facing the world's second-largest humanitarian crisis.
- Chimuka stated, "With what resources we have now barely eight million people will get assistance across the year."
- These cuts risk widespread hunger, potentially forcing WFP to reduce support, increasing regional strain and migration.
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US cuts food assistance to Taliban
Fresh US cuts to food assistance risk worsening already widespread hunger in Afghanistan, according to the World Food Programme, which warned it can support just half the people in need — and only with half rations. In an interview with AFP, WFP's acting country director Mutinta Chimuka urged donors to step up to support Afghanistan, which faces the world's second-largest humanitarian crisis. A third of the population of around 45 million people…
The end of US aid, a "death sentence" for millions of hungry Afghans
According to the World Food Programme, the United States has decided to reduce - also - its emergency food aid to 14 countries, including Afghanistan, although officially according to the UN the second largest global humanitarian crisis behind Sudan at war.
US food aid cuts leave millions in Afghanistan facing hunger
KABUL, April 12 — Fresh US cuts to food assistance risk worsening already widespread hunger in Afghanistan, according to the World Food Programme, which warned it can support just half the people in need—and only with half rations. In an interview with AFP, WFP’s acting country director Mutinta Chimuka urged donors to step up to support Afghanistan, which faces the world’s second-largest humanitarian crisis. A third of the population of around 4…
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UN warns US aid cuts threaten millions of Afghans with famine
Fresh US cuts to food assistance risk worsening already widespread hunger in Afghanistan, according to the World Food Programme, which warned it can support just half the people in need -- and only with half rations.
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