Afghanistan, Dec. 16 -- Over 17 million people in Afghanistan face severe food insecurity this winter, with malnutrition rising sharply, as WFP warns urgent humanitarian assistance is critically needed.
The World Food Programme has warned that more than 17 million Afghans are facing severe food insecurity as winter approaches, marking a sharp deterioration from last year's conditions.
According to WFP's latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report released Tuesday, acute hunger has worsened nationwide, placing three million more people at risk compared with the previous year.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) highlighted that nearly four million Afghanistan children are at risk of acute malnutrition, stressing th...