KABUL (Pajhwok): Cash payments and assistance to millions of people has been slashed as a result of a funding crisis, says the United Nations.
Food aid to people in 38 countries, including Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and West Africa, has already been curtailed, or will be cut soon.
“A crippling funding crisis” had forced the UN agency, operating in 86 countries, to slash assistance due to a 50 percent fall in donations, said WFP’s deputy executive director.
The Associated Press quoted Carl Skau as saying WFP’s needed $20 billion to deliver aid to everyone in need, but it was . . .
