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Historic fund shortage: WFP warns of leaving Afghanistan

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Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia.
Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The World Food Program (WFP) has warned of leaving Afghanistan due to fund shortage, saying it cannot get through in October.

WFP, the largest anti-hunger initiative around the globe, is grappling with the worst funding shortage in its 60-year history.

“We are in a desperate situation," Executive Director Cindy McCain said on Sunday during an interview with ABC.

"It's a combination of things -- it's COVID, it's climate change, it's conflict and also the cost of being able to do business," McCain told ABC.

About reasons behind the lack of money, she said . . .

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