“We continue reaching the most remote rural areas in Afghanistan. Funding allowing, this year we aim to assist 9 million Afghan,” the UN agency tweeted.

We continue reaching the most remote rural areas in #Afghanistan. Funding allowing, this year we aim to assist 9 million Afghan.

????NGO partner @ActionAid literally making their way to remote districts in #Ghor province to give @FAO livestock training to 960 herders????????????@eu_echo???? pic.twitter.com/dftYlDMJLh

— FAO in Afghanistan (@FAOAfghanistan) February 10, 2022

According to the World Food Programme, an estimated 98 percent of Afghans are not consuming enough food – a worrisome 17 percent rise since August. The spiraling economic crisis, conflict, and drought has meant the average family can now barely cope.

“Families are resorting to desperate measures as the bitter winter sets in; nine in every ten households are now buying less expensive food, eight in ten are eating less, and seven in ten are borrowing food to get by,” the agency said. (ILKHA)