UN warns of worsening food insecurity in Afghanistan due to Moroccan locust outbreak

The UN has recently warned of worsening food insecurity next year in Afghanistan amid a widespread outbreak of Moroccan locust in March that destroyed large corps in the northern and northeastern provinces, the country’s wheat basket.

Hundreds of thousands of locusts amassed on wheat fields in the provinces of Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Kunduz, Samangan, Sar-e-Pul, and Takhar under the helpless gaze of farmers who are already affected by the food crisis since the Taliban takeover in August 2021.