Kabul: In the midst of a sharp surge in the price of food, more than 1.5 million Afghan children are at risk of malnutrition in severe poverty conditions.
The funds of the United Nations (UNICEF) stated that more than 1.5 million children had been influenced by malnutrition in Afghanistan, Sputnik news agency reported “throughout Afghanistan today, millions of children desperately need health and nutrition services ..
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about 14 millions of people in Afghanistan suffered because they felt unsafe at this time, among them 3.5 million children, with whom we hope will suffer from acute malnutrition, in which approximately one million children …, “said Salam Al -Janabi, communication specialist for UNICEF.
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UN agencies such as WFP and UNICEF have worked fully their abilities for the past two months, Al-Janabi added.
“About 40,000 children are equipped with treatment for severe acute malnutrition.” The resident score of Kabul said that living costs increased sharply and that the poverty and unemployment rate increased dramatically throughout Afghanistan, Ariana News reported.
“If help comes, it’s good, because people are upset and prices have increased,” Zamari said, a resident of Kabul.
“The problem of people has increased.
But we must be patient.
God is compassionate,” said Mohammad Baqi, another Kabul resident.
On Sunday, European Union Foreign Policy Head Josep Borrell said Afghanistan faced “a serious humanitarian crisis and the socio-economic collapse of towering” which will prove to be dangerous for the territory and international security.
“Afghanistan has a serious humanitarian crisis and towering socio-economic collapse, which will be dangerous for Afghanistan, region and international security,” Borrell wrote in a blog post.
Borrell said that there were many signs that the situation in Afghanistan worsened.
The European Union’s top diplomat emphasizes that the international community needs to have people on land in Afghanistan, in addition to humanitarian workers.