The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday that the dual impact of war and a drought has fueled an “extraordinarily difficult year for Afghanistan,” putting 14 million citizens at risk of severe or acute hunger.
The assessment was backed up by the scenes witnessed on the ground by the WFP’s representative and country director in Afghanistan, Mary-Ellen McGroarty, who described a “horrendous humanitarian crisis unfolding.”
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