Donors and aid agencies have helped alleviate widespread malnutrition and famine in Afghanistan by helping nearly 20 million Afghans in need this winter, but the country still faces worrisome economic concerns.
Deborah Lyons, the UN secretary-general's special envoy and head of the UN relief mission in Afghanistan, told the Security Council on Wednesday that she believed the worst fears of famine and widespread food shortages could be averted by the end of the winter. ۔
Aid agencies had expressed fears of widespread starvation by March during the cold season. The landlocked country is facing a major humanitarian crisis and its economy has almost collapsed since the Taliban took power in August 2012.
The World Bank announced on Tuesday that it would provide more than 1 billion in humanitarian assistance to UN agencies and international NGOs in Afghanistan.
"Let's be realistic," Lyons said. What we did was just a little respite.
He added that the loss of business has led to an increase in unemployment and that the Afghan economy is on the brink of collapse as more and more Afghans fall below the poverty line.
"It is imperative that we do not find ourselves in the place we faced six months ago, six months from today, in which millions of Afghans will be facing another winter and we will have only expensive and It will remain a source of unsustainable humanitarian aid.
UN agencies have appealed for 4.44 billion in 2222 to provide much-needed assistance to 22 million people in Afghanistan. According to the United Nations Financial Service, less than 13 percent of the funds raised this week have been raised.
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