MONITORING (SW) – Afghanistan is facing a high levels of “acute” food insecurity, warned the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s senior economist.
As Afghanistan humanitarian crisis continues to remain a concern for the global community, Maximo Torero, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s senior economist said that the population of the war-torn country is currently “facing high levels of acute food insecurity, not only in magnitude but also in prevalence,” reported TOLOnews. According to him, the DRC is the country with the largest food problem, followed by Ethiopia, and Afghanistan.
Islam Qul, a resident of Kabul, told Salam Watandar that it is difficult to take care of a family of eight people. He drives a handcart in the city from morning to evening to find a bunch of food, but they cannot find even one proper meal.
He said: “I have a family of eight and they live in Samangan and they expect me to earn them some food. I also have a disease and I have been treating it for eight months. I earn 100 to 150 afghanis a day, which does not help.”
Sulaiman Salam, a resident of Ghuzargah area of Kabul, told Salam Watanadar: “I did not eat anything this morning, there was nothing at home. There was no gas, nothing to eat. There were days when we did not eat anything for three or four days.”
Meanwhile, the officials of the Islamic Emirate reject the report of the Food and Agriculture Organization and say that the world has caused disaster in the country by imposing sanctions in different areas and freezing the assets of Afghanistan.
Bilal Karimi, Deputy Spokesman of the Islamic Emriate, told Salam Watandar: “The world should solve the problems it has with the Islamic Emirate in terms of straining diplomatic relations and removing sanctions. Keep political issues away from humanitarian issues and don’t make excuses. Don’t use human issues as a tool, economic problems will also be solved.”
Approximately 28.3 million Afghans, or roughly two-thirds of the country’s population, will require urgent humanitarian and protective assistance in 2023, according to the organization’s (OCHA) findings, reported Khaama Press. The biggest and worst humanitarian disaster in the world at the beginning of the year was in Afghanistan. Both in terms of quantity and intensity, this signifies a drastic decline.
Humanitarian organisations have repeatedly urged the international world to continue to stand in solidarity with the Afghan people and provide assistance to them during these trying times.
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