Afghanistan Faces One of the World’s Worst Hunger Crises, UN Warns

KABUL – Afghanistan is grappling with one of the most severe hunger crises in the world, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Thursday, marking World Food Day.

In a post on X, OCHA said that 9.5 million people in Afghanistan are suffering from acute food insecurity, with one in every five Afghans unsure where their next meal will come from.