“We are overtaken another disaster”: Afghanistan on verge of hunger

Millions of Afghans may face hunger and be without livelihood due to drought, writes The Guardian.

drought overtook 7.3 million people in 34 Provinces of Afghanistan. According to the Head of Emergency Situations and Sustainability in the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO), Palesen Rhine, if the situation does not change, people will be on the verge of malnutrition.

Farmers from Kandahar, where land has always been fertile, lacking water to work. “War stopped, the world returned. But we overtaken another disaster: drought,” says one of the farmers.

Also in Afghanistan, a food problem arose after the “Taliban” coming to power. Many residents remained without work, food prices are growing every day. According to the head of the food program in Kabul, already 14 million residents have encountered a sharp hunger, and humanitarian aid is needed. According to experts, the economy of Afghanistan, depending on foreign support, is waiting for the collapse: the Taliban is nowhere to take money, and most of the world leaders do not want to support them.