Afghanistan, Oct. 2 -- The United Nations warns that more than nine million people in Afghanistan face severe food insecurity, with worsening malnutrition threatening children and vulnerable families nationwide.
The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that recent earthquakes in Afghanistan have worsened an already dire food security and nutrition crisis across the country.
In its Thursday report, the agency said more than nine million people are facing acute food insecurity, while severe malnutrition among children and mothers has reached record levels.
Eastern Afghanistan, particularly Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, has been hardest hit. These areas were already grappling with critical malnutrition before the quakes, and conditions ha...