As Starvation Looms, U.N. Appeals for Aid
The U.N. World Food Program appealed for $151 million in emergency aid to save millions of people in Afghanistan from starvation.
Gerard van Dijk, the agency’s representative for Afghanistan, said a food crisis caused by drought and years of armed conflict has led to “pre-famine conditions.”
“Without more food aid, many lives could be in danger,” he said in a statement issued in Islamabad, the capital of neighboring Pakistan.
About 4 million Afghans are facing death by starvation, the United Nations says.
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