UN paints bleak picture of conditions in Afghanistan amid winter, saying more than 28 million people will need humanitarian aid
People wait to receive cash at a money distribution organised by the World Food Program in Kabul, Afghanistan.
''More than 28 million people – two-thirds of the entire population – will need humanitarian assistance, up from 18 million people just two years ago,'' Joyce Msuya, UN assistant secretary general for humanitarian affairs, said on Thursday.Msuya said Afghanistan is one of the countries with the world's highest number of people at risk of famine.
''Families now spend at least 75 percent of their income on food, leaving little left over for other essential needs such as health care, education and emergencies," she said.
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