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UN warns 6 million Afghans at risk of famine as crises grow
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UNITED NATIONS, 01 September 2022, (TON): Warning that Afghanistan faces deepening poverty with 6 million people at risk of famine, the UN humanitarian chief on Monday urged donors to restore funding for economic development and immediately provide $770 million to help Afghans get through the winter as the United States argued with Russia and China over who should pay.
Martin Griffiths told the UN Security Council that Afghanistan faces multiple crises humanitarian, economic, climate, hunger and financial.
Conflict, poverty, climate shocks and food insecurity have long been a sad reality in Afghanistan, but he said “what makes the current situation so critical is the halt to large-scale development aid since the Taliban takeover a year ago.”
Griffiths said “more than half the Afghan population, some 24 million people, need assistance and close to 19 million are facing acute levels of food insecurity.”
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