Afghanistan, May 12 -- The United Nations said more than 13.8 million people in Afghanistan are facing acute food insecurity, with women and children among the hardest hit.
The U.N. said in a new report that nearly five million children and pregnant or breastfeeding women in Afghanistan are suffering from malnutrition as hunger deepens across the country.
According to the report, Afghanistan is facing overlapping crises including economic collapse, unemployment and climate-related shocks, compounded by regional tensions that have increased food prices and worsened food insecurity.
The World Food Programme warned that growing pressure on aid operations has reduced supplies of specialized food used to treat malnutrition among women and chi...