Is Afghanistan being cut off from the world?
3 years ago

Is Afghanistan being cut off from the world?

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, December 14 at 19:30 GMT: Millions of people across Afghanistan are facing severe hunger nearly four months after the Taliban took power, a humanitarian crisis set to deepen with the onset of the approaching winter. The World Food Programme estimates that about 24 million people in Afghanistan – 60 percent of the country’s population – are facing “acute hunger”, as the country’s most severe drought in decades intensifies and an economic crisis worsens. The World Bank announced on December 10 that international donors to the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund have agreed to release $280m in aid to UNICEF and the World Food Programme in order “to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan at this critical time”. The International Monetary Fund and World Bank also halted Afghanistan’s government from access to its funds in August, saying they were concerned about the Taliban’s running of the country and its human rights record. In this episode of The Stream, we are joined by: Ali Latifi, @alibomaye Correspondent, Al Jazeera English Shelley Thakral, @WFP Spokesperson, World Food Programme wfp.org Sulaiman Bin Shah, @binshah Business Consultant at Catalyst Afghanistan, and former Deputy Minister, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Industry & Commerce

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A third of Afghanistan’s population faces hunger as harsh winter starts to bite
3 weeks ago

A third of Afghanistan’s population faces hunger as harsh winter starts to bite

The Independent  

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Afghans still counting costs of US intervention
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghans still counting costs of US intervention

China Daily  

Afghan girls gather near their houses in Deh Yak district, Ghazni Province, on Aug 19. MOHAMMAD FAISAL NAWEED/AFP Humanitarian crisis "Afghanistan is entrenched in a humanitarian crisis … the dire consequences of the two-decade-long American occupation that ended in 2021", said Khalid Taimur Akram, executive director of Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future, Islamabad. More than 24 …

Afghans still counting costs of US intervention
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Afghans still counting costs of US intervention

China Daily  

Afghan girls gather near their houses in Deh Yak district, Ghazni Province, on Aug 19. MOHAMMAD FAISAL NAWEED/AFP Humanitarian crisis "Afghanistan is entrenched in a humanitarian crisis … the dire consequences of the two-decade-long American occupation that ended in 2021", said Khalid Taimur Akram, executive director of Pakistan Research Center for a Community with Shared Future, Islamabad. More than 24 …

Nearly 3 out of 10 children in Afghanistan face crisis or emergency level of hunger in 2024
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Nearly 3 out of 10 children in Afghanistan face crisis or emergency level of hunger in 2024

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan were forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in 2024, a nongovernmental organization said. Nearly three out of 10 Afghan children will face crisis or emergency levels of hunger this year as the country feels the immediate impacts of floods, the long-term effects of drought, and the return of Afghans from neighboring …

UN raises alarm over surge in malnutrition among women, children in Afghanistan
8 months, 3 weeks ago

UN raises alarm over surge in malnutrition among women, children in Afghanistan

Hindustan Times  

Highlighting a grim reality, the World Food Programme in Afghanistan sounds the alarm on a surge in malnutrition cases, particularly among women and children, Khaama Press reported. Mona Sheikh, spearheading nutrition efforts at the WFP, underscores the concerning trend of more malnourished children being directed to clinics for urgent intervention, citing a reduction in foreign aid last year as a …

Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardize the Afghan health system, group says
10 months, 1 week ago

Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardize the Afghan health system, group says

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Human Rights Watch said Monday that Afghanistan’s public health system has been hit hard following a sharp reduction in foreign assistance, coupled with serious Taliban abuses against women and girls, jeopardizing the right to healthcare of millions of Afghans. “The loss of foreign development aid and Taliban rights violations have caused a catastrophic health crisis in Afghanistan that …

1 in 3 children in Afghanistan face crisis-level hunger after UK slashes aid
1 year ago

1 in 3 children in Afghanistan face crisis-level hunger after UK slashes aid

The Independent  

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World Food Programme to end general assistance in northwest Syria
1 year ago

World Food Programme to end general assistance in northwest Syria

Al Jazeera  

The World Food Programme says it will stop its general food assistance programme across Syria at the start of 2024 due to funding shortages. “Starting in 2024, the programme’s goal is to transition from broad-scale general assistance to more targeted aid, directing limited resources more effectively to those facing severe food insecurity,” the statement said. “The decision to reduce WFP …

The World Food Program will end its main assistance program in Syria in January, affecting millions
1 year ago

The World Food Program will end its main assistance program in Syria in January, affecting millions

The Independent  

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The World Food Program will end its main assistance program in Syria in January, affecting millions
1 year ago

The World Food Program will end its main assistance program in Syria in January, affecting millions

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — The U.N. World Food Program said Monday it will end in January its main assistance program across war-torn Syria, where over 12 million people lack regular access to sufficient food. In November, it and the U.N. refugee agency said they will reduce the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon receiving cash assistance by a third next year. WFP …

World Food Programme appeals for USD 19 mn to provide emergency food in quake-hit Afghanistan
1 year, 2 months ago

World Food Programme appeals for USD 19 mn to provide emergency food in quake-hit Afghanistan

Hindustan Times  

Ana Maria Salhuana, deputy country director of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan, said it was helping survivors but it urgently needed more funding because "we are having to take this food from an already severely underfunded programme". HT Image The group said it is working to provide emergency food assistance to 100,000 people in the region. The WFP said …

World Food Program appeals for $19 million to provide emergency food in quake-hit Afghanistan
1 year, 2 months ago

World Food Program appeals for $19 million to provide emergency food in quake-hit Afghanistan

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The United Nations’ World Food Program on Wednesday appealed for $19 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by a series of devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that has rocked western Afghanistan. Ana Maria Salhuana, deputy country director of the World Food Program in Afghanistan, said it was helping survivors but it urgently needed …

EU, UN, several countries collect funds to aid earthquake-striken Afghanistan
1 year, 2 months ago

EU, UN, several countries collect funds to aid earthquake-striken Afghanistan

Firstpost  

Currently, the main needs are for emergency shelter, medical relief items, and access to safe drinking water and sanitation in an area that has been recently affected by droughts, it said Just a few days after one of the world’s deadliest earthquakes, which killed over 2,400 people and destroyed thousands of homes in the region, another powerful quake shook western …

UN food agency warns of ‘doom loop’ for world’s hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increase
1 year, 3 months ago

UN food agency warns of ‘doom loop’ for world’s hungriest as governments cut aid and needs increase

Associated Press  

ROME — The World Food Program warned Tuesday that humanitarian funding cuts by governments are forcing the U.N. agency to drastically cut food rations to the world’s hungriest people, with each 1% cut in aid risking to push 400,000 people toward starvation. The agency said the more than 60% funding shortfall this year was the highest in WFP’s 60-year history …

UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall
1 year, 3 months ago

UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The U.N. food agency said Tuesday it must drop another 2 million hungry people from food assistance in Afghanistan this month due to a massive funding shortfall. The action means that 10 million people will be cut off from the agency’s support this year in the country, the World Food Programme said in a statement. The new cuts …

Prolonged drought deepens Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis
1 year, 4 months ago

Prolonged drought deepens Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis

The Hindu  

In parched brown hills in north Afghanistan, Abdul Hahad tears stalks of wheat out of the arid earth. The 55-year-old farmer from Nahr-e-Shahi district in Balkh province used to plant two or even three wheat crops a year but in the last three years he has only been able to grow one. "In terms of food security you see that …

The World Food Program slowly resumes food aid to Ethiopia after months of suspension and criticism
1 year, 4 months ago

The World Food Program slowly resumes food aid to Ethiopia after months of suspension and criticism

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations World Food Program is slowly resuming food aid to Ethiopia nearly five months after taking the extraordinary measure of suspending aid to millions of people after the discovery of a massive scheme to steal donated grain. In a written response Monday evening to questions, the WFP told The Associated Press that the agency has …

UN says it's forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis
1 year, 4 months ago

UN says it's forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis

The Independent  

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UN says it’s forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis
1 year, 4 months ago

UN says it’s forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels, a top official said Friday. “This year, 345 million people continue to be acutely food …

UN: Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years
1 year, 5 months ago

UN: Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years

Associated Press  

ABUJA, Nigeria — The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that millions of hungry people in West Africa are without aid as the agency struggles with limited funding to respond to the region’s worst hunger crisis in a decade. During this year’s lean season, millions of families will lack sufficient food reserves to sustain them until the next harvests in …

Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years, U.N. says
1 year, 5 months ago

Millions left with no aid as West Africa suffers worst hunger crisis in 10 years, U.N. says

LA Times  

The U.N. World Food Program said Wednesday that millions of hungry people in West Africa are without aid as the agency struggles with limited funding to respond to the region’s worst hunger crisis in a decade. During this year’s lean season, millions of families will lack sufficient food reserves to sustain them until the next harvests in September,” said Margot …

US says it’s horrified by conditions in Ethiopia after theft leads to food aid pause and deaths
1 year, 5 months ago

US says it’s horrified by conditions in Ethiopia after theft leads to food aid pause and deaths

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States humanitarian agency told The Associated Press it is horrified by conditions in Ethiopia, where local officials have reported hundreds of hunger deaths in recent weeks after the U.S. and the United Nations paused food aid for one-sixth of the country’s population over massive theft of the aid. In an unusually strong statement emailed to …

US suspends all food aid for millions in Ethiopia after investigation finds ‘widespread’ theft
1 year, 6 months ago

US suspends all food aid for millions in Ethiopia after investigation finds ‘widespread’ theft

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United States Agency for International Development said Thursday it has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia, Africa’s second most-populous country, after an internal investigation found donated food intended for millions of hungry people there was being diverted on a “widespread” scale. While the agency’s statement did not say who was responsible for the theft, agency head …

UNICEF warns that aid shortage will push Afghanistan’s children further toward deadly malnutrition
1 year, 7 months ago

UNICEF warns that aid shortage will push Afghanistan’s children further toward deadly malnutrition

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — A U.N. agency warned Thursday that critical food aid in Afghanistan is being handicapped by a lack of funding, as the country faces a widespread humanitarian crisis. “Thousands of children could die from severe acute malnutrition,” said Melanie Galvin, chief of nutrition at the United Nations Children’s Fund. She said UNICEF in Afghanistan faces an urgent funding gap …

UN agency: Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in aid for 2023
1 year, 7 months ago

UN agency: Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in aid for 2023

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in humanitarian aid from the international community this year for nearly 24 million people in need, the U.N.'s humanitarian affairs agency said. Afghanistan is facing its third consecutive year of drought, its second year of severe economic hardship and the continued consequences of decades of war and natural disasters, the U.N. Office for the …

UN agency: Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in aid for 2023
1 year, 7 months ago

UN agency: Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in aid for 2023

The Independent  

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Millions close to hunger after WFP cuts food aid to Afghanistan
1 year, 8 months ago

Millions close to hunger after WFP cuts food aid to Afghanistan

Al Jazeera  

Six million Afghans, the UN food agency warns, are one step away from famine as it appeals for more funds for Afghanistan. Last month, the WFP, which provides food assistance to more than 20 million Afghans, said a severe shortage of funds forced it to drastically reduce its food assistance to the South Asian country facing a humanitarian crisis. “The …

UN food agency: $800m urgently needed for Afghanistan
1 year, 8 months ago

UN food agency: $800m urgently needed for Afghanistan

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — The U.N. food agency said Monday it urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to help Afghanistan, which is at the highest risk of famine in a quarter of a century. “The WFP urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to continue providing assistance to people in need across Afghanistan,” the organization said. “Catastrophic …

UN food agency: Afghan malnutrition rates at record high
1 year, 10 months ago

UN food agency: Afghan malnutrition rates at record high

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — Malnutrition rates in Afghanistan are at record highs with half the country enduring severe hunger throughout the year, a spokesman for the World Food Program said Thursday. “Half of Afghanistan endures severe hunger throughout the year, regardless of the season, and malnutrition rates are at a record high for Afghanistan,” said Phillipe Kropf, a spokesman for the …

UN: Afghan bank’s cash remarks ‘misleading, unhelpful’
1 year, 11 months ago

UN: Afghan bank’s cash remarks ‘misleading, unhelpful’

Associated Press  

KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.N. criticized Afghanistan’s Taliban-controlled central bank for making “misleading and unhelpful” remarks about cash destined for humanitarian work. The U.N. uses the money mostly to provide millions of Afghans with critical humanitarian assistance, flying in cash because of banking disruptions since the Taliban seized power in August 2021. But the U.N. said its cash is placed …

Humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan deepens after Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers
1 year, 11 months ago

Humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan deepens after Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers

LA Times  

An Afghan woman and her 11-month-old daughter receive nutrition advice from a worker with the charity Save the Children. “The women still had blood on them,” said Samira Sayed-Rahman of the aid agency International Rescue Committee. “That’s not just the situation in emergencies; in many parts of the country, women don’t go out to get aid.” It’s an example, Sayed-Rahman …

Explained: How a humanitarian crisis unfolded in Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained: How a humanitarian crisis unfolded in Afghanistan after the Taliban’s takeover

Firstpost  

The Taliban had taken over Kabul on 15 August in 2021 following which former President Ashraf Ghani fled the nation. Sticking to their hardline policies Taliban authorities issued an order soon after they seized power asking shopkeepers in several provinces of Afghanistan to hack the heads off their mannequins because “they are idols.” Shops in Afghanistan’s western Herat province were …

Aid Groups Stop Work In Afghanistan After Taliban Bar Women Workers
1 year, 11 months ago

Aid Groups Stop Work In Afghanistan After Taliban Bar Women Workers

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING KABUL, Afghanistan — Four major international aid groups on Sunday suspended their operations in Afghanistan following a decision by the country’s Taliban rulers to ban women from working at non-governmental organizations. “We have complied with all cultural norms and we simply can’t work without our dedicated female staff, who are essential for us to access women who …

US sets up Afghan relief fund with frozen central bank money
2 years, 3 months ago

US sets up Afghan relief fund with frozen central bank money

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A year after the tumultuous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden administration said Wednesday it will transfer $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan central bank funds to benefit the Afghan people, as hunger grips every province there. The bank in a news release said its role is “limited to providing banking services to and executing the instructions of the …

U.S. sets up Afghan relief fund with frozen central bank money
2 years, 3 months ago

U.S. sets up Afghan relief fund with frozen central bank money

LA Times  

President Joe Biden speaks about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House, Aug. 31, 2021, in Washington. A year after the tumultuous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden administration said Wednesday it will transfer $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan central bank funds for humanitarian aid as hunger grips every province in …

Drought and hunger in Somalia, Ethiopia and region: What to know
2 years, 3 months ago

Drought and hunger in Somalia, Ethiopia and region: What to know

Al Jazeera  

Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are facing food shortages due to the worst drought in 40 years and rising global food costs. Millions of people are facing food insecurity, as scientists and aid groups warned that Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia could be experiencing their worst drought in 40 years this October-December with drier-than-average conditions predicted. Last month, …

Pakistan floods threaten food security of Afghanistan, warns UN
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistan floods threaten food security of Afghanistan, warns UN

Firstpost  

United Nations’ World Food Programme has procured over 320,000 metric tonnes in the past year to support operations in Afghanistan. The UN’s World Food Programme said much of the food aid transited through Pakistan by road - a network that has been severely affected by the worst floods in the country’s history. “We’re becoming very, very concerned about the overall …

UN warns 6 million Afghans at risk of famine as crises grow
2 years, 3 months ago

UN warns 6 million Afghans at risk of famine as crises grow

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Warning that Afghanistan faces deepening poverty with 6 million people at risk of famine, the U.N. humanitarian chief on Monday urged donors to restore funding for economic development and immediately provide $770 million to help Afghans get through the winter as the United States argued with Russia and China over who should pay. Griffiths stressed, however, that …

UN says six million Afghans are at risk of famine as crises grow
2 years, 3 months ago

UN says six million Afghans are at risk of famine as crises grow

Al Jazeera  

The UN humanitarian chief has urged donors to restore funding for development in Afghanistan that was frozen when the Taliban took over a year ago, warning that six million people were at risk of famine. With more than 70 percent of Afghans living in rural areas, Griffiths warned that if agriculture and livestock production are not protected “millions of lives …

One year on, Afghanistan still suffers from US-inflicted pain
2 years, 4 months ago

One year on, Afghanistan still suffers from US-inflicted pain

China Daily  

Residents visit an outdoor market in Kabul on Tuesday. But the chaotic and humiliating withdrawal of the US forces one year ago has left a tattered and impoverished country in its wake. To begin with, it launched the Afghanistan war that killed at least 174,000 Afghans, more than 30,000 civilians included, made nearly one-third of Afghan population refugees, and forced …

Afghanistan under the Taliban regime | In Focus podcast
2 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan under the Taliban regime | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has spoken of the “advancing erasure” of women from public life under a new look Taliban regime. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA as it is known, pointed out in a July report that seven hundred people have been killed and a …

Millions of Yemenis to go hungry as UN forced to slash food aid
2 years, 5 months ago

Millions of Yemenis to go hungry as UN forced to slash food aid

Al Jazeera  

UN’s World Food Programme says it will have to ration the food aid it sends to Yemen as a result of a lack of funding. The World Food Programme has announced further dramatic cuts to food aid in Yemen, leaving millions of Yemenis already suffering through war unable to get enough food. The WFP provides food aid to 13 million …

Taliban call for unfreezing of bank funds after deadly earthquake
2 years, 6 months ago

Taliban call for unfreezing of bank funds after deadly earthquake

Al Jazeera  

Aid groups said that, in the past, Taliban authorities tried to divert aid to areas and people that supported their views. Afghanistan’s Taliban administration has called on international governments to roll back sanctions and lift a freeze on the country’s central bank assets as the country deals with the aftermath of an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people and …

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers plead for aid after the country's deadliest earthquake in two decades
2 years, 6 months ago

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers plead for aid after the country's deadliest earthquake in two decades

ABC  

Aid agencies have rushed assistance to eastern areas of Afghanistan after a powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck the country early on Wednesday, killing more than 1,000 people. Key points: The Taliban's supreme leader has pleaded with the international community "to spare no effort" It was Afghanistan's worst earthquake in two decades, with fears the death toll could rise Centred in Paktika …

Taliban say Afghanistan earthquake rescue efforts almost complete
2 years, 6 months ago

Taliban say Afghanistan earthquake rescue efforts almost complete

Al Jazeera  

Health ministry says aid has begun to arrive to the area affected by the earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people. Aid has started to arrive in a remote part of Afghanistan where an earthquake killed at least 1,000 people, as Taliban officials said the rescue operation was almost complete. — Abdul Qahar Balkhi June 23, 2022 “We call on …

India highlights its contribution to global food security, says will donate 50,000 MT wheat to Afghanistan
2 years, 8 months ago

India highlights its contribution to global food security, says will donate 50,000 MT wheat to Afghanistan

Firstpost  

India’s first secretary at UN Sneha Dubey reiterated the country will continue working with all other member-states and international organisations to collectively strengthen global food security, including in conflict-affected regions New York City: Highlighting the contribution India has made towards global food security, New Delhi on Thursday said that it is a basic minimum requirement, especially when the world is …

In Afghanistan, ‘people selling babies, young girls to survive’
2 years, 8 months ago

In Afghanistan, ‘people selling babies, young girls to survive’

Al Jazeera  

Dire economic situation sees children dying of starvation as millions of Afghans struggle to put food on their tables. “As adults, we can manage, but when the kids ask for food, I don’t know what to tell them,” the 24-year-old former radio presenter from northern Afghanistan told Al Jazeera. Farhanaz’s family is among the 23 million Afghans facing starvation, in …

UN: Afghans need $4.4bn to have enough to eat
2 years, 8 months ago

UN: Afghans need $4.4bn to have enough to eat

Al Jazeera  

UN head called for donations to stave off a crisis as he launched the UN’s biggest ever single-country funding drive. The head of the United Nations has said that Afghanistan needs $4.4bn to avoid a food crisis in the country, as he launched the UN aid office’s biggest-ever funding drive for a single country. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on …

India’s food response as ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’
2 years, 8 months ago

India’s food response as ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’

The Hindu  

Global hunger is on the rise, driven by the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic shocks, conflicts, poverty, and inequality. In his 2014 UN General Assembly address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “India’s traditional outlook sees the world as one family and that is linked to its Vedic tradition of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” — underlining its relevance not just for global peace, …

Helping Afghanistan: The Hindu Editorial on the UN mission in Afghanistan
2 years, 9 months ago

Helping Afghanistan: The Hindu Editorial on the UN mission in Afghanistan

The Hindu  

The UN Security Council’s decision to authorise a new mandate for the organisation in Afghanistan is the most emphatic step taken by the world body in tackling the myriad problems the country has been facing ever since the Taliban takeover. According to the UNSC resolution, which was adopted by a vote of 14-0, with Russia abstaining, the UN mission in …

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