UN warns of ‘extremely high’ hunger and malnutrition levels in Afghanistan

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says the severity levels of hunger and malnutrition remain extremely high in Afghanistan.

In a tweet on Wednesday, OCHA stated that “Over 15.5 million people in Afghanistan are estimated to be experiencing acute food insecurity with 2.8 million people in ‘emergency’ levels of hunger.”