🔶 UN warning about alarming hunger and poverty in Afghanistan

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned about rising hunger and poverty and the lack of a clear outlook in Afghanistan.

Olga Cherfko, a spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Afghanistan, said on Tuesday, August 4, in New York that this year the most severe form of malnutrition among children has spread in many parts of the country.

The World Food Programme, affiliated with the United Nations, also reported the day before that acute malnutrition was becoming critical in 12 Afghan provinces, saying that due to a lack of funding, the country’s health centers can only provide care to one-seventh of those in need.

Referring to the fact that Afghanistan is exposed to the consequences of climate change, such as drought, floods, and harsh winters, Cherfko said the country is also suffering from fighting along the borders involving the Taliban with Pakistan, which from last October to this June has resulted in the loss of nearly 500 civilian lives and the wounding of 1,200 more people.