UN: Over 19 million Afghans may face acute food insecurity by April
Qiyas summary
OCHA warns of food insecurity for over 19 million Afghans
Translated by Qiyas from كويت نيوز — Original source
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Tuesday that approximately 19.2 million Afghans, or more than a third of the country’s population, face acute food insecurity by April 2027.
Olga Cherivko, OCHA’s spokesperson for Afghanistan, told journalists in Geneva from Kabul that during the winter dry season, which runs from November to April, the number of people facing acute food insecurity is expected to reach 19.2 million. Among them, five million people are projected to experience hunger levels classified as emergency phase.
