Afghanistan, Sept. 2 -- The World Food Programme is rushing emergency aid to Afghanistan's quake-hit Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, where over 800 lives were lost and thousands injured.
The World Food Programme (WFP) is swiftly delivering emergency aid to Afghanistan, dispatching food and High Energy Biscuits to quake-hit communities in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces. Additional flights are planned to transport supplies and personnel to the affected regions.
WFP reports that many of the hardest-hit areas were already vulnerable due to recent flash floods, and incoming severe weather may further worsen humanitarian conditions.
Regional director Harald Mannhardt described the devastation as overwhelming: "Homes reduced to rubble, roads dest...