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UN agency WFP awarded 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

KABUL Food Program (WFP) has won the Nobel Peace Prize for its campaign to combat a surge in global hunger amid the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, the Nobel committee said that the work of the United Nations agency to address…

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USAID contributes $12mn to help Afghan families affected by Covid-19

KABUL, according to a statement on Saturday. The public health emergency is compounded by increasing levels of food insecurity and where many communities’ livelihoods are being obliterated. This contribution from USAID will allow WFP to provide 95,000 families affected by…

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Hundreds of displaced families receive food aid

Hundreds of displaced families received food assistance from the World Food Program (WFP) in northern Sar-i-Pul province on Wednesday. Eng. Ahmad Iqbal, the provincial Refugee and Repatriation director, told Pajhwok Afghan News around 1,000 families displaced inside…

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Sale of WFP, UNICEF food aid banned in Khost

The Public Health Department on Thursday banned the sale and purchase of food items meant for malnourished children in southeastern Khost province. The food items -- largely made of protein and peanuts -- are locally…

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WFP plans to assist thousands in Samangan, Kabul

KABUL Food Program (WFP) will distribute 268 tons of food items to 1,500 displaced families in northern Samangan province and give in cash more than 65.8 million afghanis to around 10,000 economically-affected families in capital Kabul. The money and aid…

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Afghan school girl wins WFP design competition

Kabul Food Programme (WFP) Children's Design Competition for 2017, a statement from the WFP said on Monday. The winning design portrayed Miriam’s experience of her school in Badghis province, where students sat under trees or in the school yard because…

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US contribution to boost Afghan food assistance: WFP

KABUL to provide assistance to more than 577,000 needy people. Nearly 70 percent of the money would be spent in Afghanistan to buy locally-milled, nutrient-enriched flour and salt, the UN agency said, adding mostly internally displaced people, those affected by…

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US contributes $20m to Afghan returnees food aid

KABUL. The WFP in a statement welcomed the contribution and said the emergency operation had already been running for five months and WFP had reached 200,000 people so far. “With the return of hundreds of thousands of returnees, refugees and…

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WFP launches 9-month operation to assist returnees

KABUL deal with the growing number of returnees from Pakistanand internally displaced people (IDPs) by providing emergency food and funds, the UN says. On a daily basis, thousands of refugees are crossing the border at the main entry point of…

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WFP calls for timely funds to help Afghan returnees

KABUL and people displaced internally by conflict, the organization said on Sunday.  The WFP statement said since July the number of returning refugees – some with identity papers, others without – has increased dramatically. Thousands of returnees are now crossing…

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WFP News Release

15April 2015 FRANCE BOOSTS WFP EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN AFGHANISTAN WHILE HELPING LOCAL ECONOMY For reading the full story, please click here   .

WFP News Release

VULNERABLE AFGHANS TO RECEIVE SAUDI ARABIAN DATES FOR RAMADAN KABUL Food Programme (WFP). For reading the full story, please click here