OCHA: Afghanistan Facing One of the World’s Worst Hunger Crises

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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced that Afghanistan is facing one of the worst hunger crises in the world.

In a post on X on Thursday (October 16), the organization stated: “9.5 million people in Afghanistan are experiencing severe food insecurity, and one in every five people does not know where their next meal will come from.”

OCHA warned that women and children are the most affected by this crisis, and without urgent funding, millions are at risk of severe malnutrition.

Earlier, the World Food Programme (WFP) had also warned that the hunger crisis in Afghanistan is deepening by the day. According to WFP statistics, more than 7.4 million women and children in the country require immediate treatment for malnutrition. The agency further projected that in 2025, more than 3.5 million children under the age of five could suffer from acute malnutrition.