“The situation is as bad as you can imagine. In fact, we are talking about the worst humanitarian crisis on Earth … 95% of the country’s inhabitants do not have enough food, and now it is going to the fact that 23 million people are threatened with acute hunger, “- said Beazley.
The population of Afghanistan is about 39 million people.
As the BBC explains, uhThe economy of Afghanistan was on the verge of complete collapse due to the rise to power of the Taliban movement and the freeze of foreign aid. Added to this were the coronavirus pandemic and severe drought, which destroyed a significant part of the country’s crops. This is the second such drought in Afghanistan in four years.
“The next six months will be disastrous. It will be hell on earth,” said the director of the UN World Food Program.
According to UN estimates, in order to at least partially feed the 23 million people in need in Afghanistan, the organization needs $ 220 million a month.
Beazley called on the global elite to take urgent action. He noted that mworld wealth now stands at $ 400 trillion.
“To world leaders and billionaires: imagine that we are talking about your little son or daughter or your grandchild, who is threatened with death from hunger. You will do everything in your power … If we admit that at least somewhere a child dies from hunger, shame on us. It doesn’t matter where this child is, “the UN representative emphasized.
The security situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated amid the withdrawal of US troops, which started in April 2021 year. By August 15, the Taliban had taken control of virtually the entire country. including the capital Kabul… Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled abroad on the same day.
On September 6, the Taliban announced a seizure the last province of Panjshir not under their control and the end of the war in Afghanistan.
August 30 for the first time since the Taliban seize power World Health Organization was able to deliver medicines to Afghanistan.
In October, the UN worked on creation of a logistics center close to the border with Afghanistan to distribute aid to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons.
On October 25, Beasley warned that Afghanistan is on the brink of widespread famine… According to the UN, thousands of Afghans are selling property and real estate to feed their families.
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