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WFP reports soaring food prices in Kabul amid border closures, fuel hikes
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The World Food Programme reports rising food prices in Afghan markets as border closures with Pakistan, high fuel costs, and the Salang Highway shutdown drive up transportation expenses. Residents struggle with soaring costs of flour, rice, and cooking oil, while drivers call for government
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UN raises alarm over escalating malnutrition among women, children in Afgh
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
According to WFP reports, an alarming 1.2 million women are now grappling with malnutrition across the country.
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Banning women's education a very serious issue for Afghanistan, says forme
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Banning females from attaining education is a very serious issue for Afghanistan and the children of our country, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in a statement to a Canada-based news organisation, reported Khaama Press on Tuesday.
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Amid food shortage, over 3 million Afghan children face acute malnutrition
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Amid reeling economic crisis and political turmoil, the sufferings of Afghan children have gone worse as the World Food Programme underlined that an estimated amount of 875,000 children are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition in 2023 in Afghanistan, TOLOnews reported on Friday.
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Over 6 million Sri Lankans face food insecurity due to record inflation: U
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 7 (ANI): Some 6.26 million Sri Lankans, or three in 10 households, are unsure of where their next meal is coming from, according to the latest food insecurity assessment from the World Food Programme (WFP), released on Wednesday.
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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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