Mr. Guterres said in New York: “Without immediate action, we face a crisis of malnutrition and starvation in Afghanistan… People are selling their children and organs. in his body, to have enough money to feed his family.”
The people of Afghanistan are struggling due to the country’s economic collapse. About 80% of the country’s population is in debt.
The United Nations Secretary-General said that the high food prices in the world due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict have made the situation of the Afghan people even more tragic.
The UN chief also cited an earlier warning from the United Nations that 97% of Afghanistan’s population could live below the poverty line by mid-2022. He said, “Unfortunately, this number is coming faster. forecast”.
After the Taliban captured the capital Kabul in August 2021, the United Nations warned in September that year that millions of Afghans were at risk of starvation.
Currently, the need for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan has tripled since June 2021, and continues to increase day by day, month by month, according to Secretary General Guterres.
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