United Nations: The head of the United Nations Food Agency in Afghanistan has said that after the Taliban occupation in the country, there is a humanitarian crisis, in which 14 million people are facing starvation. a serious problem has arisen.
The country’s director for the World Food Program, Mary Ellen McGarty, briefing UN reporters from Kabul via video conference on Wednesday, said the conflict in Afghanistan, the country’s worst drought in three years, has caused And the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic has pushed an already dire situation to “catastrophe”.
McGarty said more than 40 percent of crops have been destroyed and livestock devastated by drought, hundreds of thousands displaced as the Taliban advance and winter is on the way. “The race is on to really get food where it’s most needed,” he said, adding that the World Food Program delivered food to 4 million people in May and “plans to reach 9 million in the next few months.” But it has many challenges.” McGarty called for the conflict to stop and urged donors to provide the $200 million needed to deliver food across the country so it can reach communities before winter begins and roads are blocked.
