UN Warns of Intensifying Hunger Crisis in Afghanistan Affecting 14 Million People

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that Afghanistan's hunger crisis is intensifying, now affecting 14 million people. Child malnutrition has reached record levels in 12 provinces, with millions of acutely malnourished children being turned away from assistance due to shrinking humanitarian funding, leading to preventable deaths. The WFP urgently requires $500 million before winter to avert a worsening humanitarian catastrophe.