The World Food Program (WFP) supported more than four million women and children in Afghanistan with specialized nutritious food to prevent or treat malnutrition so far this year. In a tweet, WFP said currently 3.2 million people in…
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…
Nine out of 10 families in Afghanistan do not have adequate access to food, with children and pregnant women the hardest hit, says a senior World Food Program (WFP) official. WFP Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer…
World Food Program (WFP) says 15.3 million people are projected to be acutely food-insecure in Afghanistan between May and October 2023, including 2.8 million people in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Phase 4 (Emergency). WFP tweeted “In…
World Food Program (WFP) deputy executive director Carl Skau has stressed the importance of female employees’ role in delivering humanitarian assistance to the Afghans during his meetings with Afghan officials. Skau told the officials that they were working…
The World Food Program WFP says more than 400,000 children benefitted from its nutrition program in Afghanistan from January to March 2023. WFP on Sunday tweeted its nutrition program helped to prevent and rescue children from malnutrition. The…
The World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered over 30,000 Metric Tonnes of food commodities to the people of Afghanistan so far this year. On its Twitter handle WFP wrote: “#WFP Fleet is tirelessly delivering food commodities to #Afghanistan…
The United Nations food agencies have warned that 22 countries, including Afghanistan, are likely to face acute food insecurity from June to November 2023. In a fresh report, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme…
The World Food Programme (WFP) has promised to continue with its mission in Afghanistan despite political gaps. The UN food agency had no intention of exiting Afghanistan, said Hsiao-Wei Lee, head of the United Nations World Food Programme…
The World Food Programme (WFP) has projected over 345 million people to be food insecurity in 2023, according to a statement on Sunday. The scale of the current global hunger and malnutrition crisis is enormous, with an expected…
The World Food Programme (WFP) says the paucity of funds has forced it to cut life-saving assistance in March to at least four million people in Afghanistan. On Friday, the UN food agency warned of catastrophic hunger becoming…
The World Food Programme (WFP) assisted more than 24.5 million Afghans through emergency food and nutrition support last year. The UN food agency tweeted: “From January to December 2022, WFP has assisted more than 24.5 million people through…
Malnutrition rates have hit a new high as 50 percent of Afghans face severe acute hunger throughout the year, the World Food Programme (WFP) says. AP quoted a WFP spokesman as saying 875,000 children were expected to suffer…
Residents of central Bamyan province claim the World Food Program has distributed low-quality food to them and they cannot use it. Mohammad Ali, an inhabitant of the Zagaran village of the provincial capital, told Pajhwok Afghan News:…
Armed robbers stopped and looted food items from World Food Programme (WFP) vehicles in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Thursday. Qari Agha Wali Qureshi, director of culture and information, told Pajhwok Afghan News the WFP vehicles…
A vital contribution of €50 million ($49.7 million) from the European Union, made through its Department for International Partnerships (INTPA), is helping the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reach Afghan communities with livelihoods and resilience support. Having struggled…
The World Food Programme (WFP) says nine in 10 people in Afghanistan lack access to enough food, but the government rejects this statement. The WFP tweeted that nine out of 10 people cannot get enough food in Afghanistan…
The World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday vowed to continue providing assistance to needy Afghans. The organization on its Twitter page greeted Afghan on the occasion of Eid and hoped that all Afghans would celebrate the religious festival…
The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned of a hunger crisis in Afghanistan as food prices have soared and foreign aid has been diverted to help refugees in Europe. On its Twitter account, WFP said: “The war in…
Officials in central Uruzgan province on Thursday said they were making efforts to arrest individuals involved in looting a vehicle carrying relief goods. Two days ago, a group of people looted a WFP food truck in the Mehrabad…
The World Food Program (WFP) has started distribution of food items to 3,500 needy families in Muqur and Aab Band districts of southern Ghazni province, officials said Monday. Mansoor Afghan, spokesman for the Information and Culture Department…
The World Food Program (WFP) is assisting with food more than 100,000 needy families in western Farah province. The aid is being provided through an organisation called Fradata, said the WFP representative in the province. Habibullah Amiri…
The World Food Program (WFP) says conflict, climate change and Covid-19 have left three million people of Afghanistan in hunger, but the program would provide assistance to about 23 million people. The WFT Afghanistan agency tweeted that David…
The United Nations food stocks in Afghanistan may run out this month, a senior official warns, seeking support for the vulnerable Afghans. At least $200 million were needed only for food to ensure delivering essential items to the…
