Speaking at the Fifth Coordination Meeting between sectoral ministries and UN agencies, he said political considerations continue to hinder effective humanitarian support for the Afghan people.
Afghanistan’s economic recovery is buckling as nine in 10 households are forced to skip meals, sell belongings or take on debt to survive, the United Nations...
WFP officials in Kabul said the agency is being forced to make “impossible choices,” prioritizing the most vulnerable groups — women-headed households, children, and the elderly...
International Crisis Group (ICG) has claimed in its latest report that Afghanistan is sinking deeper into poverty as the U.S. and other major donors slash the...
WFP warns that over 9.5 million people are currently facing severe food insecurity across the country.
Acting Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Attaullah Omari, says with progress in the agriculture sector, the problems of poverty and hunger in Afghanistan can be...
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Thursday warned of the “severe” humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. “More than half of the population, that’s 23 million human beings, are...
The most important thing right now in Afghanistan is to feed the nation, UN envoy Roza Otunbayeva said on Thursday. “We are trying to mobilize all...
The World Food Programme (WFP) has said that three out of four Afghan families borrow money to buy food. On average, a family’s debts are AFN...
Addressing an international forum in Beijing, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Sadr Azam Usmani, said on Thursday that if the world wants to reduce...
In 2023, Afghanistan scored 30.6 and ranked 114th in the index.
IOM said in a statement that approximately 70 percent of Afghans migrating to Iran cited the lack of job opportunities as the main factor driving their...
Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs Mawlawi Abdul Kabir called for sanctions against the Islamic Emirate leaders and the banking system to be lifted.
The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is gravely deteriorating, and a new approach is urgently needed, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies...
In a message on the occasion of the start of the holy month of Ramadan, Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund asked traders to reduce the...
Poverty affects one in every two Afghans, while about 15 million people are food insecure, the World Bank said in its latest report on Afghanistan published...
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) had to cut rations to another two million Afghans this month and is warning of a “catastrophic” winter if funding...
Roza Otunbayeva, the United Nations Special Representative for Afghanistan, says that the poverty level in this country is very high, and that most of the humanitarian...
The people of Afghanistan need sustainable solutions to avoid a catastrophe, the Norwegian Refugee Council’s country director in Afghanistan said in a statement on Monday. “Two...
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s report on food crises, Afghanistan is among the seven countries whose citizens are facing acute poverty and...
