UN warns Afghanistan's hunger crisis is 'spinning out of control' with 14 million facing acute hunger and severe child malnutrition.

The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that Afghanistan's hunger crisis is intensifying, with 14 million people facing acute hunger and child malnutrition reaching critical levels in one-third of the country's provinces. Funding shortages have forced WFP to scale back life-saving nutrition programs, turning away six out of seven acutely malnourished women and children. The agency requires $500 million before winter to avert a worsening humanitarian catastrophe.