Starving on Foreign Soil: The Devastating Consequences of Aiding and Abandoning Afghanistan Child malnutrition has reached catastrophic levels in Afghanistan, forcing aid agencies to turn families away due to severe funding shortages.
The World Food Programme's dire warnings paint a picture of a country teetering on the brink of disaster, with its most vulnerable populations paying the price for international inaction.
The WFP reports that nearly 14 million people face acute hunger, and staple food prices have skyrocketed by 20 30% over the past year.