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WFP warns food insecurity in Afghanistan is growing daily
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said in its 2023 annual report on Afghanistan’s strategic plan for 2018-2025, that the food security crisis in the country continues.
The report states that 15.8 million Afghans, which is about 40% of the country’s population, have faced severe food insecurity from November 2023 to March 2024, including 2.8 million of them in emergency levels of food insecurity.
The report added that from late 2021 to early 2023, large-scale humanitarian food aid contributed to a partial improvement in the situation in Afghanistan, but with the reduction of this aid in 2023, the food security situation of Afghans is expected to be even worse in 2024.
The World Food Program says that in 2023, it will cater to 18.6 million people in Afghanistan, 80% of whom are women and children.
According to this organization, in 2023, Afghanistan is facing a serious humanitarian crisis, along with an economic crisis, climatic adversities, political problems, an increase in returning migrants and internally displaced persons, which is affected by the political and social guidelines of the ruling authorities, on women’s rights. and girls, has been aggravated, as a result, 9 out of 10 Afghan families have had problems in providing enough food.
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Gunmen kill three foreigners in Bamyan
Three foreign nationals and one Afghan were killed when gunmen opened fire in Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province on Friday, the Interior Ministry said.
Abdulmatin Qane, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, said that three Afghans and four foreigners were injured in the shooting.
He added that four people were arrested in connection with the incident.
Qani did not specify which country the foreigners belonged to.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
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China and Pakistan call for inclusive ‘political framework’ and ‘moderate policies’ in Afghanistan
According to the statement, Wang and Dar called for concerted efforts from the international community to help Afghanistan address challenges in areas such as the humanitarian situation and economic development.
“The two sides agreed to strengthen communication and coordination on the Afghanistan issue,” the statement read.
“They called for concerted efforts of the international community to help Afghanistan properly address challenges in such areas as the humanitarian situation and economic development, and encourage Afghanistan to build an inclusive political framework, adopt moderate policies, pursue good-neighborliness, and firmly combat terrorism, including not allowing its territory to be used for terrorist acts.
“Both sides agreed to play a positive and constructive role in helping Afghanistan achieve stable development and integrate into the international community,” the statement read.
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Talks underway to ditch the US dollar in Afghan-Iran transactions
Negotiations are ongoing between Afghanistan and Iran to sideline the US dollar in bilateral transactions, the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said this week.
According to media reports, Mohsen Karimi, the head of the CBI, said talks are ongoing between the two countries for the implementation of “offshore rial” in Afghanistan.
Karimi said the “offshore rial” is used with the aim of supporting the economic activity and exporters of the private sector of the country.
Recently, CBI Governor Mohammad Reza Farzin announced that Tehran plans to use the “offshore rial” for trade with Russia, Afghanistan and Iraq. He also said at the time that the idea of ditching the US dollar has produced positive results.
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