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Kabul bakery donates bread as millions in Afghanistan suffer extreme hunger
Dozens of people gathered outside a bakery in central Kabul on Monday in the hope of receiving a free loaf of bread.
Hamena, a 14-year-old girl from Kunduz province, said it has been tough to make ends meet with her father working as a market porter and her mother sick at home, Reuters reported.
“So I come here to get some bread for my home,” she said.
Bakery owner Mehr Dil Khan Rahmati, 58, has been handing out free bread for about three years, but said he has noticed an increase in poverty since the collapse of the former government.
Before the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan came to power, about 500 people would wait outside his shop each day, but now, there are days where as many as 2,000 try to get a free loaf, he said.
His service is entirely donation-based, so the amount of bread he hands out varies from day to day. People contribute what they can, anywhere from 50 Afghani ($0.50) to 10,000 Afghani ($98). The loaves he sells go for 20 Afghani ($0.20) each.
“When people donate extra money, we bake more bread (for people in need) and will usually bake until eight or 10 o’clock at night,” he said, adding that there are days when his workers bake as many as 20,000 loaves, Reuters reported.
Last month, the United Nations appealed for $4.4 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan in 2022. On Wednesday (January 26), it said it needed a further $3.6 billion for health and education, basic infrastructure, promotion of livelihoods and social cohesion, specifically the needs of women and girls.
The spokesman of the Islamic Emirate says that the acting minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs met with the President of Turkey at a consultative meeting of scholars from the Islamic world.
Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on X that Noor Mohammad Saqib, Acting Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs, met and talked separately with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of Turkey, at the meeting.
Mujahid added that during the meeting, Erdoğan expressed his satisfaction over the security and the current situation in Afghanistan.
Mujahid quoted Saqib as having thanked Erdoğan for hosting the meeting and said: “Afghanistan wants good and advanced relations with the brother country of Turkey.”
According to Mujahid, Saqib added that the Islamic world, especially Afghanistan, expects the Erdoğan to play an important role in solving the problems of the Islamic Ummah.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday called on its member states, other countries and aid agencies to urgently help Afghanistan’s flood victims.
This comes after flash floods in northern provinces, especially Baghlan, claimed the lives of over 310 people this past weekend.
According to Afghan officials, the heavy rains have devastated villages, left at least 315 people dead and over 1,600 injured. Hundreds of houses have been destroyed, livestock wiped out and huge financial losses have been incurred.
Afghanistan is prone to natural disasters and the United Nations considers it one of countries most vulnerable to climate change.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) has confirmed that so far, 315 people have died and 1,630 others injured due to recent floods in Baghlan province.
The ministry announced the figure Sunday in a statement and said that 665 houses were completely or partially destroyed and 1,000 livestock were lost.
The ministry stated that the death toll may increase and that huge financial losses have been incurred.
On a trip to Baghlan, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, deputy prime minister for economic affairs, said that the Islamic Emirate would help the flood victims with all possible means.
Baradar added that families affected by the floods will be assisted.
In addition, the ministry also announced the shipment of aid packages to the flood victims of Baghlan, which includes clothes, tents and tarpaulins.
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