The Food Security and Agriculture Group of Afghanistan jointly led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations World Food Program released the latest food security comprehensive phase classification report on October 25, stating that more than half of the Afghan population, that is, a record 22.8 million people, will increase from 11. May began to face sudden food insecurity problems.
The report also pointed out that this is the largest number of people facing sudden food insecurity recorded by the United Nations in the ten years of comprehensive phase analysis in Afghanistan.
On a global scale, Afghanistan is one of the countries with the largest population of sudden food insecurity, both in absolute and relative terms.
The comprehensive food security phase classification report reflects that the number of people facing sudden hunger in Afghanistan has increased by 37% since the last assessment was issued in April 2021.
Among them, 3.2 million children under the age of five will suffer severe malnutrition by the end of this year.
In October, the World Food Program and UNICEF warned that if life-saving treatment is not carried out immediately, 1 million children may die from severe acute malnutrition.
(Reporter Bo Wenwen's video is sourced by Guo Shihao produced by the United Nations World Food Program)
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