KABUL (SW) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Afghanistan has said that more than half of the Afghan population needs humanitarian assistance in 2024.
WFP added that urgently needs 657 million dollars to continue its operations over the next six months.
According to this agency, 23.7 million people in Afghanistan require humanitarian assistance in ongoing year.
Four million people are acutely malnourished, including 3.2 million children under the age of 5, said WFP.
“Afghanistan’s food security crisis persists, with nearly 40 percent of its population (15.8 million) anticipated to face acute food insecurity in the first quarter of 2024,” WFP stated in its report.
“The Afghanistan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2024 raises the alarm on the complex humanitarian crisis and the corresponding critical needs. Among the priorities, communities continue to emphasize food as the paramount requirement.”
