{"id":15263,"date":"2023-10-18T01:51:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T01:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/amid-tremor-shocks-1-3rd-of-afghans-face-acute-food-insecurity-daily-times\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T01:51:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T01:51:04","slug":"amid-tremor-shocks-1-3rd-of-afghans-face-acute-food-insecurity-daily-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/amid-tremor-shocks-1-3rd-of-afghans-face-acute-food-insecurity-daily-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid tremor shocks, 1\/3rd of Afghans face ‘acute’ food insecurity – Daily Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to the figures released by the World Food Program (WPF) on World Food Day, over 15 million people face acute food insecurity, with 2.8 million in emergency levels (one step away from famine).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remind the world that in Afghanistan, 15 million people don\u2019t know where their next meal comes from,\u201d the global body said in a statement on X on Monday. \u201cThat is 1\/3 of the population,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Even before the powerful deadly earthquakes that jolted north-western Herat province which borders neighbouring Iran, nearly 29 million people \u2013 two-thirds of the Afghan population \u2013 needed humanitarian aid and protection in 2023.<\/p>\n

The number is up from 24.4 million in 2022 and 18.4 million in 2021.<\/p>\n

Since the Taliban returned to power over two years ago, Afghanistan has been facing grave economic challenges.<\/p>\n

It comes amid a blockade of around $7 billion Afghan foreign reserves by the US since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Herat earthquake(s) is yet another disaster on top of an already dire humanitarian crisis. Afghans need urgent support,\u201d the WFP added.<\/p>\n

As the country is struggling to cope with the post-earthquake situation, humanitarian assistance continues to pour in.<\/p>\n

A Chinese plane carrying humanitarian aid for earthquake victims worth 30 million yuan (approximately $4.1 million) landed in Kabul on Monday, state-run Bakhtar News reported. The Afghan government has revised the death toll to over 1,000.<\/p>\n

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Afghanistan, however, put the death toll at 1,384, with 853 injured. Over 2,500 houses have been completely destroyed. Some 3,067 houses were also affected by the tremors, including 2,499 completely destroyed. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the deadly earthquakes have affected over 43,000 people. \u201c318,000 people need humanitarian assistance following the Herat earthquake of whom 76,000+ are women and girls of reproductive age while 7,400+ are currently pregnant,\u201d United Nations Population Fund in Afghanistan said on X.<\/p>\n

Afghanistan is frequently struck by tremors, mainly in the Hindukush mountain range, which sits near the confluence of Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.<\/p>\n

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About one-third of the Afghanistan population is facing acute food insecurity, which has been further aggravated by a recent series of earthquakes that struck the war-torn country\u2019s north-western region. 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