More than half of Afghans face ‘acute’ food shortage: UN agencies

Girls cuddle each other as they walk past a Taliban fighter at a market in Kabul, Afghanistan October 24, 2021. (Reuters)

• More than 22 million Afghans will suffer “acute food insecurity” this winter, UN agencies said Monday

KABUL: More than 22 million Afghans will suffer “acute food insecurity” this winter, UN agencies said Monday, warning the already unstable country faces one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
“This winter, millions of Afghans will be forced to choose between migration and starvation unless we can step up our life-saving assistance,” said David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme.