Over 20 million people need protection and services in Afghanistan, UN agency says

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a tweet on May 23 has warned that nearly 20.3 million people are in dire need of protection assistance and humanitarian services in Afghanistan in 2023.

These vulnerable people will need assistance in the areas of child protection, gender-based violence, mine action, and general protection, the tweet notes.