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Kabul: The World Food Program (WFP) announced that it provided food and cash assistance to nearly 7.9 million individuals in Afghanistan during the previous month, with the goal of supporting local communities, addressing malnutrition, and enhancing educational opportunities.
The organization’s report on Wednesday detailed its initiatives to combat malnutrition and promote learning despite the challenges confronting Afghan communities.
A social media posts on X by WFP also highlighted that over 31,000 children received nutritious meals in the past six months, and more than 13,000 pregnant and lactating mothers with severe malnutrition received urgent aid.
Despite these efforts, WFP and other international relief agencies continue to highlight budgetary constraints and the growing needs of Afghans.
Updates from WFP depict Afghanistan’s acute hunger crisis, with more than half of its over 43 million population reducing food intake.
WFP’s findings show that daily, at least 16 million Afghans face food insecurity, underscoring the crisis’s severity.
