Extreme poverty and misery in Afghanistan

Kabul: Within four months of the Taliban’s rule, Afghanistan has reached a period of extreme poverty and predicament. The situation is that the country, which has been war-torn for two decades, has now reached the verge of starvation. According to the New York Times report, some aid groups have said that one million children could die due to hunger this winter. Afghanistan has been plagued by malnutrition for decades, and the hunger crisis has intensified in recent months.

According to an analysis by the United Nations World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization, 22.8 million people (more than half the population) could face deadly levels of food insecurity this winter. Of these, about 87 lakh people are close to famine, which is the worst phase of the food crisis.

Emphasizing the need to separate politics from human imperatives, the World Food Program’s country director in Afghanistan, Mary-Ellen McGorty, said millions of women, children and men are innocent in the current crisis. As winter progresses, humanitarian organizations have warned that more than one million children may die. The crisis is potentially damaging to the new Taliban government and the United States, which faces increasing pressure to ease economic sanctions, The New York Times reports. In Afghanistan, for months, the income of most people, whether they are laborers or doctors, teachers or any other work, has been stopped.

Due to the high cost of food and other basic items, these are out of reach of many families. Malnutrition wards in Afghanistan’s hospitals are full of frail children and anemic mothers. Afghanistan’s economy has been in shambles since the Taliban took over, and most countries have stopped sending aid to Afghanistan. The Taliban took control of Afghanistan on 15 August on the strength of their strength.