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Food aid only lifeline for millions in crisis-hit Afghanistan: WFP
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Over 23 million Afghans face acute hunger, with the World Food Programme calling food aid their only hope. Due to funding cuts, WFP warns of worsening starvation, especially in remote areas. Khaama Press reports urgent global support is needed to prevent a deeper humanitarian crisis.
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Gaza faces imminent famine as over 1 mn grapple with starvation, UN report
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The dire situation, exacerbated by acute hunger affecting 70 per cent of the population, paints a grim picture of imminent catastrophe.
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20 million people to face acute hunger by end of March 2023 in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a report highlighted the economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan for the coming year as about 20 million people are at risk of facing acute hunger by the end of March 2023, TOLO news reported.
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Taliban suspend wheat export citing food scarcity
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): The Taliban on Thursday suspended the wheat export or trade to avoid the food scarcity, a local media reported.
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Half of Afghanistan's population facing acute hunger: WFP
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday said that record levels of hunger persist in Afghanistan.
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Nearly 20 million facing acute hunger in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (ANI): Nearly 20 million people in Afghanistan - almost half the population - are facing acute hunger, humanitarians warned in an UN-backed report, published on Monday.
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23 million people in Afghanistan are facing acute hunger, says Norwegian R
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 27 (ANI): The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on Thursday said that 23 million people in Afghanistan are facing acute hunger and called for the removal of economic bottlenecks that prevent the circulation of money into and within Afghanistan.
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24 million Afghans facing acute hunger crisis: World Food Program
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 16 (ANI): At least 24 million Afghans are facing an acute hunger crisis in Afghanistan as the country suffers a combination of drought and economic meltdown.
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UN warns 3 million more now 'teetering on the edge of famine'
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], November 8 (ANI): The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday that the number of people teetering on the edge of famine in 43 countries, has risen to 45 million as acute hunger spikes around the world.
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22.8 million Afghan people will face acute hunger: UN agency
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 25 (ANI): More than half the population of Afghanistan - a record 22.8 million people - will face acute food insecurity from November, a UN aid organisation said on Monday.
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COVID-19 driving up hunger in vulnerable countries: UN FAO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Rome/New York, June 10 (ANI): Initial and ongoing assessments by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) provide strong indications that the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts are driving up hunger in countries that were already experiencing high levels of food insecurity prior to th
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