UN calls for urgent food help for Afghans

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UN calls for urgent food help for Afghans

KABUL: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) renewed calls Friday for urgent funds to buy food for millions of Afghans facing shortages this winter, with drought taking hold in some parts of the destitute country.

“Our stocks are empty,” a spokesman for the United Nations programme, Ebadullah Ebadi, told AFP. The world body needed 30 million dollars for its winter food delivery to 3.5 million Afghans who relied on its help, he said.

Another three million who were not covered by the WFP were also “severely and chronically affected” by food shortages, Ebadi said. “In addition to this, 1.9 (million people) have been affected by drought,” he said. …

Daily Times

Thanks to 5-years of prosperous democracy, Afghans are now living on scraps thrown to them from abroad.

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hayn? how come? I thought only Taliban can be cruel enough to keep people hungry? Those demons!

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WoW, what an achievement, Opium harvest is booming may be they should export all opium to amreeka and import some food.

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wow…afghani’s should thank the gr8 USA for making them live like dogs…waiting for scraps…:k: