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23 mn people in Afghanistan received food assistance during last year: WFP
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The World Food Program (WFP) has said that approximately 23 million citizens in Afghanistan received food assistance in the past year.
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Afghanistan facing catastrophic food crisis: World Bank
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to the report, the seven food crisis-hit countries include Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen.
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Lack of funding has seriously affected food aid efforts in Afghanistan: UN
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Due to decades of conflict, little rainfall, drought conditions, a donation-based economy, among other things, two-thirds of the population of Afghanistan is in urgent need of humanitarian aid.
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Amid snowy season Afghan families forced to sell belongings to make ends m
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Amid the snowy season that requires additional funds to warm up living space, Afghan families are forced to sell their belongings in order to make ends meet.
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People of Afghanistan under world's most severe hunger crisis: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
As per the the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the hunger crisis is affecting 22.8 million people in Afghanistan which is equivalent to more than half of the population, as a result of extended drought, conflict, and political instability.
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Flood-hit Pakistan gets 50 trucks of vegetables from Iran, Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI): Amid soaring prices of vegetables and food products in the country facing devastating floods, 50 trucks carrying vegetables from Iran and Afghanistan arrived in Pakistan through the Taftan and Chaman borders.
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India sends 2500 MT more wheat to Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 2 (ANI): India has sent the 15th consignment of 2,500 MT of wheat to Afghanistan as humanitarian assistance via the Attari-Wagah border.
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More than half of Afghanistan's population depends upon Humanitarian assis
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 27 (ANI): Amid the deteriorating economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Thursday said that more than half of the population of Afghanistan is dependent upon humanitarian assistance.
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Food crisis deepens in Afghanistan as a sack of flour now costs 2800-3,000
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 22 (ANI): The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has caused constant unrest and a severe food crunch in the country with the newest one emerging in the form of soaring food prices, especially the inflation of flour which presently costs about 2800 Afghanis.
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Taliban's 'atrocious' regime root cause of food scarcity in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 21 (ANI): Since the takeover, the Taliban's hard regime has waged war and constant unrest in the country with the newest one emerging in the form of wheat shortfall as the country now gears up to tackle the looming food crunch.
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As Afghanistan's economy collapses, starvation grips children
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 30 (ANI): According to the global organization, Save the Children, many people in Afghanistan are facing a severe food crisis during Ramzan and the most vulnerable are children.
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UN needs USD 220 million per month to feed Afghans, says WFP
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], December 15 (ANI): The World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday said that the UN needs USD 220 million per month to feed 23 million Afghans.
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